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Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want.

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Charity Quotes,
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Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking
what nobody else has thought.

Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking
what nobody else has thought.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Invention Quotes,
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He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams
out of cucumbers, which were to be put read more

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

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Invention Quotes,
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Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever read more

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: Passion Quotes,
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Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.

Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.

by Jonathan Swift Found in: General Sayings,
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