The eyes do not see what the mind does not want.
—Indian 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
He who knows his heart mistrusts his eyes.
—Chinese Proverb
A suppressed resolve will betray itself in the eyes.
—George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) (1819–80) English Novelist
Whoever has no children has no light in his eyes.
—Persian Proverb
Absence is a foe to love; away from the eyes, away from the heart.
—Italian Proverb
Blue eyes say, Love me or I die; black eyes say, Love me or I kill thee.
—Spanish Proverb
Woods have ears and fields have eyes.
—Dutch Proverb
Eyes are more accurate witnesses than ears.
—Heraclitus (535BCE–475BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher
The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Fear has big eyes.
—Russian Proverb
The eyes are bigger than the belly.
—Dutch Proverb
It is easier to fill twenty bellies than one pair of eyes.
—Russian Proverb
The eye speaks with an eloquence and truthfulness surpassing speech.—It is the window out of which the winged thoughts often fly unwittingly.—It is the tiny magic mirror on whose crystal surface the moods of feeling fitfully play, like the sunlight and shadow on a quiet stream.
—Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1813–71) American Author, Critic
Why has not man a microscopic eye? For the plain reason man is not a fly.
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet
The one-eyed man thanks God only when he sees a man blind in both eyes.
—African Proverb
One’s eyes are what one is, one’s mouth is what one becomes.
—John Galsworthy (1867–1933) English Novelist, Playwright
Let him speak who has seen with his eyes.
—African Proverb
Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?
—Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American Actor, Comedian, Singer
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
A beetle is a beauty in the eyes of his mother.
—Common Proverb
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
—Common Proverb
Lovers always think that other people have had their eyes put out.
—Spanish Proverb
Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.
—Common Proverb
Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.
—Pope John XXIII (1881–1963) Italian Catholic Religious Leader, Pope
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
If you weep for all the sorrows in this world, in the end you will have no eyes.
—Turkish 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
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
—Publilius Syrus (fl.85–43 BCE) Syrian-born Roman Latin Writer
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