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Letter "E" » electric company

«We believe that electricity exists, because the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, but we cannot figure out how it travels inside wires.»

Author: Dave Barry (Humorist, Writer) | About: Electricity | Keywords: An electric, bills, electric, electricity, electric company, figure out, keep company, sending, travels, wired, wires, wiring

«Wisdom is like electricity. There is no permanently wise man, but men capable of wisdom, who, being put into certain company, or other favorable conditions, become wise for a short time, as glasses rubbed acquire electric power for a while.»

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson (Essayist, Lecturer, Poet) | Keywords: acquire, An electric, conditions, electric, electricity, electric company, electric power, favorable, for a while, glasses, permanently, rubbed, rubbing, rub up

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