Quotes
Quotes about Eye
When they him spy, As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye, Or russet-pated choughs, many in sort, Rising and cawing at the gun's report, Sever themselves and madly sweep the sky; So at his sight away his fellows fly, And at our stamp here o'er and o'er one falls; He murder cries and help from Athens calls.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
True genius sees with the eyes of a child and thinks with the brain of a genii.
All German cities are blind, Nurnberg alone sees with one eye.
When evening closes Nature's eye, The glow-worm lights her little spark To captivate her favorite fly And tempt the rover through the dark.
A work of skill, surpassing sense, A labor of Omnipotence; Though frail as dust it meet thine eye, He form'd this gnat who built the sky.
Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
There is no fear of God before their eyes.
The Ethiop gods have Ethiop lips, Bronze cheeks, and woolly hair; The Grecian gods are like the Greeks, As keen-eyed, cold and fair.
There's a one-eyed yellow idol to the north of Khatmandu, There's a little marble cross below the town, There's a broken-hearted woman tends the grave of Mad Carew, And the yellow god forever gazes down.
The ox-eyes awful Juno.
One may not doubt that, somehow Good Shall come of Water and of Mud; And sure, the reverent eye must see A purpose in Liquidity.
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
Full many a lady I have eyed with best regard, and many a time Th' harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too diligent ear; for several virtues Have I liked several women; never any With so full soul but some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed, And put it to the foil.
Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence.
Great, good, and just, could I but rate My grief with thy too rigid fate, I'd weep the world in such a strain As it should deluge once again; But since thy loud-tongued blood demands supplies More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes, I'll sing thy obsequies with trumpet sounds And write thy epitaph in blood and wounds.
The little wind that hardly shook The silver of the sleeping brook Blew the gold hair about her eyes,-- A mystery of mysteries. So he must often pause, and stoop, An all the wanton ringlets loop Behind her dainty ear--emprise Of slow event and many sighs.
'Twas a jolly old pedagogue, long ago, Tall and slender, and sallow and dry; His form was bent, and his gait was slow, His long thin hair was white as snow, But a wonderful twinkle shone in his eye. And he sang every night as he went to bed, "Let us be happy down here below: The living should live, though the dead be dead." Said the jolly old pedagogue long ago.
A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her text.
Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch, Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth, Between two blades, which bears the better temper, Between two horses, which doth bear him best, Between two girls, which hath the merriest eye, I have perhaps some shallow spirit of judgment; But in these nice sharp quillets of the law, Good faith, I am no wiser than a daw.
Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, while the heart of the fool is in the house of entertainment. â¢Bible Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat. â¢Gaelic Proverb There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect. â¢Gilbert K. Chesterton If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. â¢Arabian Proverb The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. â¢Benjamin Franklin See with your mind, hear with your heart. â¢Kurdish Proverb Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together. â¢David Hare Were it not for hope the heart would break.
Never suffer the prejudice of the eye to determine the heart. -Johann Georg Zimmermann.
What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart. -Raoul Dufy.
