"The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition."

Auden, W. H. on Eyes
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"The eyes of the lord are in every place seeing the evil and the good."

Bible on Eyes
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"Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them."

Bovee, Christian Nevell on Eyes
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"It is we that are blind, not fortune."

Browne, Sir Thomas on Eyes
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"Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects."

Carlyle, Thomas on Eyes
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"The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body."

Cicero, Marcus T. on Eyes
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"The eyes see only what the mind is prepared to comprehend."

Davies, Robertson on Eyes
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"He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favor of two."

Dickens, Charles on Eyes
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"The eye is easily frightened."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Eyes
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"The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Eyes
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"The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands."

Franklin, Benjamin on Eyes
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"It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture."

Franklin, Benjamin on Eyes
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"One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes."

Galsworthy, John on Eyes
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"What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye."

Horace on Eyes
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"Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful."

Keller, Helen on Eyes
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"Who has a daring eye tell downright truths and downright lies."

Lavater, Johann Kaspar on Eyes
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"It is not miserable to be blind; it is miserable to be incapable of enduring blindness."

Milton, John on Eyes
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"Why has not man a microscopic eye? For the plain reason man is not a fly."

Pope, Alexander on Eyes
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"An animal will always look for a person's intentions by looking them right in the eyes."

Powers, H. on Eyes
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"The eye is the mirror of the soul."

Proverb on Eyes
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"What the eye does not admire the heart does not desire."

Proverb on Eyes
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"It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears."

Proverb, German on Eyes
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"Do everything as in the eye of another."

Seneca on Eyes
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"The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing."

Syrus, Publilius on Eyes
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"Her eyes are homes of silent prayers."

Tennyson, Lord Alfred on Eyes
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"The eye is the jewel of the body."

Thoreau, Henry David on Eyes
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"Eyes lie if you ever look into them for the character of the person."

Wonder, Stevie on Eyes
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