The buyer needs a hundred eyes; the seller but one.
—Italian Proverb
A beautiful eye makes silence eloquent, a kind eye makes contradiction an assent, an enraged eye makes beauty deformed. This little member gives life to every other part about us; and I believe the story of Argus implies no more than that the eye is in every part; that is to say, every other part would be mutilated were not its force represented more by the eye than even by itself.
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719) English Essayist, Poet, Playwright, Politician
He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favor of two.
—Charles Dickens (1812–70) English Novelist
The first love letters are written with the eyes.
—French Proverb
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
One may have good eyes and see nothing.
—Italian Proverb
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
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.
—Common Proverb
Keep both eyes open before you are married and afterwards close only one.
—Jamaican Proverb
What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
—Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet
There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
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 eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Nothing but a handful of dust will fill the eyes of man.
—Arabic Proverb
The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Only through the eyes of others can we really see our own faults.
—Chinese Proverb
Onions, smoke and women bring tears to your eyes.
—Danish Proverb
Conversion is not implanting eyes, for they exist already; but giving them a right direction, which they have not.
—Plato (428 BCE–347 BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Mathematician, Educator
Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears
—Heraclitus (535BCE–475BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher
There are whole veins of diamonds in thine eyes, Might furnish crowns for all the Queens of earth.
—Philip James Bailey (1816–1902) English Poet
My eyes make pictures, when they are shut.
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English Poet, Literary Critic, Philosopher
What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t witness with your mouth.
—Yiddish Proverb
Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?
—Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Polymath, Painter, Sculptor, Inventor, Architect
Happiness opens the arms and closes the eyes.
—German Proverb
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
—Common Proverb
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
Not in mine eyes alone in Paradise.
—Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) Italian Poet, Philosopher
Loving with the eyes only, has blinded a lot of fools.
—French Proverb
In the company of the blind, close your eyes.
—Turkish Proverb