“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
Robertson Davies book Tempest-Tost
Source: Tempest-Tost
“The eyes see only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
Robertson Davies as quoted in The White Bedouin (2007) by George Potter, p. 241
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French philosopher 1859–1941Related quotes
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Alternate translations of this or similar statements include:
Chance favors the prepared mind.
Fortune favors the prepared mind.
In the field of observation, chance favors the prepared mind.
Where observation is concerned, chance favors only the prepared mind.
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