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wind in

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What, nephew, said the king, is the wind in that door? Thomas Malory

He ploughs the waves, sows the sand, and hopes to gather the wind in a net, who places his hopes on the heart of woman. Jacopo Sannazaro

The screech and mechanical uproar of the big city turns the citified head, fills citified ears -- as the song of birds, wind in the trees, animal cries, or as the voices and songs of his loved ones once filled his heart. He is sidewalk-happy. Frank Lloyd Wright

Look for wind in a field. Russian Proverb

Never seek the wind in the field. It is useless to try and find what is gone. Polish Proverb

An Elder does not break wind in public, but in a latrine. South African Proverb

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