“Can build castles in the air.”
Robert Burton book The Anatomy of Melancholy
Section 2, member 1, subsection 3.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part I
“I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.”
— Bram Stoker, book Dracula
Source: Dracula
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Washington Irving (1783–1859) writer, historian and diplomat from the United States
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“Building castles in the air, 36 and making yourself a laughing-stock.”
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Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 31.
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Henrik Ibsen The Master Builder
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Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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