The figure is taken from the great tank or reservoir upon which Eastern cities often depended for their supply of water. The beginning of strife is…

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water. —The drops which ooze through a tiny hole in the bank of a rese…

The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water ,
&c.] As when a man makes a little hole in the bank of a…

What danger there is in the beginning of strife! Resist its earliest display; and leave it off, if it were possible, before you begin.