Woods have ears and fields have eyes.
—Dutch Proverb
Let him speak who has seen with his eyes.
—African Proverb
The eyes have one language everywhere.
—George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh Anglican Poet, Orator, Clergyman
The buyer needs a hundred eyes; the seller but one.
—Italian Proverb
No better witnesses than your own eyes.
—African Proverb
In her eyes a thought Grew sweeter and sweeter, deepening like the dawn, A mystical forewarning.
—Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907) American Writer, Poet, Critic, Editor
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
One may have good eyes and see nothing.
—Italian Proverb
What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t witness with your mouth.
—Yiddish Proverb
In the company of the blind, close your eyes.
—Turkish Proverb
Blind eyes see better than blind hearts.
—Arabic Proverb
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears
—Heraclitus (535BCE–475BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher
The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
—Robertson Davies (1913–95) Canadian Novelist, Playwright, Essayist
The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.
—Common Proverb
If you weep for all the sorrows in this world, in the end you will have no eyes.
—Turkish Proverb
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?
—Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American Actor, Comedian, Singer
Loving with the eyes only, has blinded a lot of fools.
—French Proverb
He who knows his heart mistrusts his eyes.
—Chinese Proverb
You can’t look into a bottle with both eyes at the same time.
—African Proverb
If the eyes didn’t see, the hands wouldn’t take.
—Yiddish Proverb
Anger has no eyes.
—Indian Proverb
Nothing but a handful of dust will fill the eyes of man.
—Arabic Proverb
It is we that are blind, not fortune; because our eye is too dim to discern the mystery of her effects, we foolishly paint her blind, and hoodwink the providence of the Almighty.
—Thomas Browne (1605–82) English Author, Physician
The eye is the mirror of the soul.
—Common Proverb
The eyes are of little use if the mind be blind.
—Arabic Proverb
Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Why has not man a microscopic eye? For the plain reason man is not a fly.
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
—Common Proverb
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