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Quote by Jonathan Swift
He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out

He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which were to be put into vials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw, inclement summers. – Jonathan Swift

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The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. – Jonathan Swift

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It is best to read the weather forecast before praying for rain. – Mark Twain

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Don’t knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation if it didn’t change once in a while. – Kin Hubbard

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Sometimes history takes things into its own hands. – Thurgood Marshall

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