“Look after the senses and the sounds will look after themselves”

—  Lewis Carroll , book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Variant: Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves.
Source: Alice in Wonderland

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English writer, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer 1832–1898

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