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Sight Quotes

Every tradition grows continually more venerable, and the more remote its origins, the more this is lost sight of. The veneration paid the tradition accumulates from generation to generation, until it at last becomes holy and excites awe Picture Quote #1

No good book or good thing of any kind shows it best face at first. No the most common quality of in a true work of art that has excellence and depth, is that at first sight it produces a certain disappointment Picture Quote #1

I could never learn to like her, except on a raft at sea with no other provisions in sight Picture Quote #1

Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves Picture Quote #1

The little that is completed, vanishes from the sight of one who looks forward to what is still to do Picture Quote #1

Though dissenters seem to question everything in sight, they are actually bundles of dusty answers and never conceived a new question. What offends us most in the literature of dissent is the lack of hesitation and wonder Picture Quote #1

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Odors have an altogether peculiar force, in affecting us through association; a force differing essentially from that of objects addressing the touch, the taste, the sight or the hearing Picture Quote #1

Invention is activity of mind, as fire is air in motion; a sharpening of the spiritual sight, to discern hidden aptitudes Picture Quote #1

We sometimes learn more from the sight of evil than from an example of good; and it is well to accustom ourselves to profit by the evil which is so common, while that which is good is so rare Picture Quote #1

All sense of hearing and of sight enfold in the serene delight and quietude of sleep Picture Quote #1

The balls of sight are so formed, that one man’s eyes are spectacles to another, to read his heart with Picture Quote #1

American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians Picture Quote #1

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People think retiring is fun. Well, maybe, but if you have a certain kind of fire inside, there is no end in sight Picture Quote #1

It is often my nature to be abstract, hidden in plain sight, or nowhere at all Picture Quote #1

So much of the language of love was like that: you devoured someone with your eyes, you drank in the sight of him, you swallowed him whole. Love was substance, broken down and beating through your bloodstream Picture Quote #1

No reason to mention my peculiarities, my wandering in the maze these many years, shut away from sight. and from love, too Picture Quote #1

My understanding of the meaning of a book is that the book itself disappears from sight, that it is chewed alive, digested and incorporated into the system as flesh and blood which in turn creates new spirit and reshapes the world Picture Quote #1

It is better to sit in appreciative contemplation of a world in which beauty is eternally supported on a foundation of ugliness: cut out the support, and beauty will sink from sight Picture Quote #1

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I will sit in the pupil of your eyes and that will carry your sight into the heart of the things Picture Quote #1

There is a basin in the mind where words float around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Then there is a depth of thought untouched by words, and deeper still a gulf of formless feelings untouched by thought Picture Quote #1

As the geometer intently seeks to square the circle, but he cannot reach, through thought on thought, the principle he needs, so I searched that strange sight Picture Quote #1

Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth Picture Quote #1

And when the fog’s over and the stars and the moon come out at night it’ll be a beautiful sight Picture Quote #1

Like a sculptor, if necessary, carve a friend out of stone. Realize that your inner sight is blind and try to see a treasure in everyone Picture Quote #1

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I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes Picture Quote #1

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore Picture Quote #1

Animals that not only move by their own free will and share feelings with people but also possess sight and hearing qualify as deserving of names Picture Quote #1

We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it Picture Quote #1

All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections Picture Quote #1

The direction of a big act will warp history, but probably all acts do the same in their degree, down to a stone stepped over in the path or the breath caught at sight of a pretty girl or a fingernail nicked in the garden soil Picture Quote #1

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Every tradition grows continually more venerable, and the more remote its origins, the more this is lost sight of. The veneration paid the tradition accumulates from generation to generation, until it at last becomes holy and excites awe (Sight Quotes) No good book or good thing of any kind shows it best face at first. No the most common quality of in a true work of art that has excellence and depth, is that at first sight it produces a certain disappointment (Sight Quotes) I could never learn to like her, except on a raft at sea with no other provisions in sight (Sight Quotes) Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves (Sight Quotes) The little that is completed, vanishes from the sight of one who looks forward to what is still to do (Sight Quotes) Though dissenters seem to question everything in sight, they are actually bundles of dusty answers and never conceived a new question. What offends us most in the literature of dissent is the lack of hesitation and wonder (Sight Quotes) Odors have an altogether peculiar force, in affecting us through association; a force differing essentially from that of objects addressing the touch, the taste, the sight or the hearing (Sight Quotes) Invention is activity of mind, as fire is air in motion; a sharpening of the spiritual sight, to discern hidden aptitudes (Sight Quotes) We sometimes learn more from the sight of evil than from an example of good; and it is well to accustom ourselves to profit by the evil which is so common, while that which is good is so rare (Sight Quotes) All sense of hearing and of sight enfold in the serene delight and quietude of sleep (Sight Quotes) The balls of sight are so formed, that one man’s eyes are spectacles to another, to read his heart with (Sight Quotes) American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians (Sight Quotes) People think retiring is fun. Well, maybe, but if you have a certain kind of fire inside, there is no end in sight (Sight Quotes) It is often my nature to be abstract, hidden in plain sight, or nowhere at all (Sight Quotes) So much of the language of love was like that: you devoured someone with your eyes, you drank in the sight of him, you swallowed him whole. Love was substance, broken down and beating through your bloodstream (Sight Quotes) No reason to mention my peculiarities, my wandering in the maze these many years, shut away from sight. and from love, too (Sight Quotes) My understanding of the meaning of a book is that the book itself disappears from sight, that it is chewed alive, digested and incorporated into the system as flesh and blood which in turn creates new spirit and reshapes the world (Sight Quotes) It is better to sit in appreciative contemplation of a world in which beauty is eternally supported on a foundation of ugliness: cut out the support, and beauty will sink from sight (Sight Quotes) I will sit in the pupil of your eyes and that will carry your sight into the heart of the things (Sight Quotes) There is a basin in the mind where words float around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Then there is a depth of thought untouched by words, and deeper still a gulf of formless feelings untouched by thought (Sight Quotes) As the geometer intently seeks to square the circle, but he cannot reach, through thought on thought, the principle he needs, so I searched that strange sight (Sight Quotes) Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth (Sight Quotes) And when the fog’s over and the stars and the moon come out at night it’ll be a beautiful sight (Sight Quotes) Like a sculptor, if necessary, carve a friend out of stone. Realize that your inner sight is blind and try to see a treasure in everyone (Sight Quotes) I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes (Sight Quotes) You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore (Sight Quotes) Animals that not only move by their own free will and share feelings with people but also possess sight and hearing qualify as deserving of names (Sight Quotes) We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it (Sight Quotes) All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections (Sight Quotes) The direction of a big act will warp history, but probably all acts do the same in their degree, down to a stone stepped over in the path or the breath caught at sight of a pretty girl or a fingernail nicked in the garden soil (Sight Quotes)

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