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But who would rush at a benighted man, and give him two black eyes

But who would rush at a benighted man, and give him two black eyes for being blind? – Thomas Hood

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There is even a happiness – that makes the heart afraid. – Thomas Hood

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Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther. – Thomas Hood

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Apothegms form a short cut to much knowledge. – Thomas Hood

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Hundreds of hysterical persons must confuse these phenomena with messages from the beyond and take their glory to the bishop rather than the eye doctor. – James Thurber

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The touch of reality is salvation for the man who smothers amid forms and shadows. A blind man would rejoice in sight though his eyes opened on the carnage of a battlefield. – Oscar W. Firkins

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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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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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