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I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to

I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether. – Socrates

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Our ideas are the offspring of our senses; we are not more able to create the form of a being we have not seen, without retrospect to one we know, than we are able to create a new sense. He whose fancy has conceived an idea of the most beautiful form must have composed it from actual existence. – Henry Fuseli

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Smell is a potent wizard that transports us across thousands of miles and all the years we have lived. – Helen Keller

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I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. – William Makepeace Thackeray

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