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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

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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Jonathan Swift
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The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit. – Jonathan Swift

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power
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Jonathan Swift
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When there’s snow on the ground, I like to pretend I’m walking on clouds. – Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo video game) written by Takayuki Ikkaku, Ar

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The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab. – Joseph Conrad

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Weather

I yearn for flowers that bend with the wind and rain. – Tso Ssu

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Weather

The rain cools the air, calms the soul and replenishes life. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife

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I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics. – Francois Hollande

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Oh, the relationship with actors and managers and agents and things is a terrible problem sometimes. – John Schlesinger

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We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others. – Will Rogers

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And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope-nothing else. – Patti Davis

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