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

Other quotes by Jonathan Swift

Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is once past, there is no recalling it. – Jonathan Swift

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Carpe Diem
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Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room. – Jonathan Swift

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Art
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Other Quotes from
Weather
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For the man sound in body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously. – George Gissing, “Winter,” The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, 1903

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Weather

Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. – Mark Twain

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Weather

Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together. – Vista M. Kelly

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Weather

There are many things I do for amusement, but for happiness I like to gather up my memories and go for a walk in the rain. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Weather

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One father is more than a hundred Schoolemasters. – George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs, 1640

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Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. – Proverb

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In an election, one needs both hope and audacity. – Francois Hollande

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We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority. – Alfred Adler

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Inferiority