“what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over”
Paulo Coelho book The Zahir
Source: The Zahir
“What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.”
Source: Diary of a Drug Fiend
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“What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve.”
Vulgo dicitur: Quod non videt oculus, cor non dolet.
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153) French abbot, theologian
In Festo Omnium Sanctorum, Sermo 5, sect. 5; translation from Scottish Notes and Queries, 1st series, vol. 7, p. 59
Context: It is commonly said: What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve.
“What the eye doesn’t see the heart doesn’t grieve over.”
José Saramago book All the Names
Source: All the Names (1997), p. 185
“What the eye doesn't see and the mind doesn't know, doesn't exist.”
D.H. Lawrence book Lady Chatterley's Lover
Source: Lady Chatterley's Lover
“It will grieve me so to the heart, that I shall cry my eyes out.”
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
Variant: It will grieve me so to the heart, that I shall cry my eyes out.
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book III, Ch. 11.
“He's sensitive and I don't want him to break his heart over somebody who doesn't care about him.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald book This Side of Paradise
Source: This Side of Paradise
“Wisdom doesn't affect corrupt hearts.”
Ali al-Hadi (829–868) imam
Misnad al-Imām al-Hādī, p. 304.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Variant: Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn't catch their eye they won't bother to read what's inside.
Luís de Camões (1524–1580) Portuguese poet
Quem vê, Senhora, claro e manifesto
o lindo ser de vossos olhos belos,
se não perder a vista só em vê-los,
já não paga o que deve a vosso gesto.
Lyric poetry, Não pode tirar-me as esperanças, Quem vê, Senhora, claro e manifesto