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Why has not man a microscopic eye? For the plain reason man is not

Why has not man a microscopic eye? For the plain reason man is not a fly. – Alexander Pope

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Nature and natures laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light! – Alexander Pope

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He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favor of two. – Charles Dickens

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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. – Horace

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It is we that are blind, not fortune. – Sir Thomas Browne

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Ones eyes are what one is, ones mouth is what one becomes. – John Galsworthy

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