Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

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Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

Jonathan Swift

Thoughts on Various Subjects, Moral and Diverting · 1745

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Swift, Jonathan. "Thoughts on Various Subjects." Miscellanies. Vol. 11, London: C. Hitch, C. Davis, R. Dodsley and W. Bowyer, 1751.

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