27 quotes about Eyes



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.
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The eyes of the lord are in every place seeing the evil and the good.
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Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.
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It is we that are blind, not fortune.
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Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects.
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The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.
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The eyes see only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
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He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favor of two.
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The eye is easily frightened.
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The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul.
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The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.
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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.
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One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.
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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.
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Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.
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Who has a daring eye tell downright truths and downright lies.
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It is not miserable to be blind; it is miserable to be incapable of enduring blindness.
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Why has not man a microscopic eye? For the plain reason man is not a fly.
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An animal will always look for a person's intentions by looking them right in the eyes.
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The eye is the mirror of the soul.
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What the eye does not admire the heart does not desire.
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears.
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Do everything as in the eye of another.
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The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
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Her eyes are homes of silent prayers.
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The eye is the jewel of the body.
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Eyes lie if you ever look into them for the character of the person.
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