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Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that the

Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say. – Charles Caleb Colton

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A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass. – English Proverb

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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

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Sometimes, I feel I am really blessed to be blind because I probably would not last a minute if I were able to see things. – Stevie Wonder

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The world values the seer above all men, and has always done so. Nay, it values all men in proportion as they partake of the character of seers. You love them because you say, These things were not made, they were seen. – John Jay Chapman

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