An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
The eyes have a property in things and territories not named in any title-deeds, and are the owners of our choicest possessions.
—Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888) American Teacher, Writer, Philosopher
If you are dancing with your rivals, don’t close your eyes.
—African Proverb
If you open the eyes of a blind man he wants to go back to the darkness.
—African 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
The eye is easily frightened.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
If you weep for all the sorrows in this world, in the end you will have no eyes.
—Turkish Proverb
Onions, smoke and women bring tears to your eyes.
—Danish Proverb
A lover’s eyes will gaze an eagle blind.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Lovers always think that other people have had their eyes put out.
—Spanish Proverb
The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one: Yet the light of a whole life dies When love is done.
—Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921) British Poet, Scholar
The eyes are bigger than the belly.
—Dutch Proverb
If the eyes didn’t see, the hands wouldn’t take.
—Yiddish Proverb
Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled pistol, or can insult, like hissing or kicking; or in its altered mood, can, by beams of kindness, make the heart dance with joy.—Some eyes have no more expression than blueberries, while others are as deep as a well which you can fall into.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Absence is a foe to love; away from the eyes, away from the heart.
—Italian 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
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.
—W. H. Auden (1907–73) British-born American Poet, Dramatist
The eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither fine clothes, fine houses, nor fine furniture.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Tears are nature’s lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.
—Christian Nestell Bovee (1820–1904) American Writer, Aphorist
The eye is the jewel of the body.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
Do everything as in the eye of another.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
Nothing but a handful of dust will fill the eyes of man.
—Arabic Proverb
The buyer needs a hundred eyes; the seller but one.
—Italian Proverb
Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.
—Helen Keller (1880–1968) American Author
Day has its eyes, night has its ears.
—Japanese Proverb
The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Tears come more often from the eyes than from the heart.
—Russian Proverb
Not in mine eyes alone in Paradise.
—Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) Italian Poet, Philosopher
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