"Usus communis aquarum est. Nec solem proprium natura nec aera fecit nec tenues undas"
— Ovid

January 1, 1970

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Water belongs to us all. Nature did not make the sun one person's property, nor air, nor water, cool and clear. — Book VI, 349-351; translation by Michael Simpson