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barometer

«Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.»
«The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.»
«The poet may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather»
Author: Lionel Trilling (Author, Critic, Teacher) | About: Poetry | Keywords: barometer
«Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.»
Author: Ayn Rand (Novelist, Writer) | About: Money | Keywords: barometer
«Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.»
«FRIENDSHIP, n. A ship big enough to carry two in fair weather, but only one in foul.The sea was calm and the sky was blue; Merrily, merrily sailed we two.(High barometer maketh glad.) On the tipsy ship, with a dreadful shout, The tempest descended and we fell out.(O the walking is nasty bad!) --Armit Huff Bettle»
«Probably nor'east to sou'west winds varying to the southard and westard and eastard and points between; high and low barometer, sweeping round from place to place; probably areas of rain, snow, heat and drought, succeeded or preceded by earth quakes»
«The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.»