“If I saw a glass of wine repeatedly presented to a man, and he took no notice of it, I should be apt to think that he was blind or uncivil. A juster philosophy might teach me rather to think that my eyes deceived me, and that the offer was not really what I conceived it to be.”

— Thomas Robert Malthus

Essay on the Principle of Population (1798; rev. through 1826)

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Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

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“When anyone tells me, that he saw a dead man restored to life, I immediately consider with myself, whether it be more probable, that this person should either deceive or be deceived, or that the fact, which he relates, should really have happened. I weigh the one miracle against the other; and according to the superiority, which I discover, I pronounce my decision, and always reject the greater miracle. If the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous, than the event which he relates; then, and not till then, can he pretend to command my belief or opinion.”

David Hume book An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

Section 10 : Of Miracles Pt. 1
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748)

“I was thinking, that when my time comes, I should be sorry if the only plea I had to offer was that of justice. Because it might mean that only justice would be meted out to me.”

Agatha Christie Murder at the Vicarage

Source: Murder at the Vicarage

“But I’d tried! I really had. I was SHOCKED! Tears came to my eyes and I think Rochín and Hillam saw me, but I didn’t care. This was it. My life was over. I was done, finished. I had no future.”

Victor Villaseñor (1940) American writer

Crazy Loco Love: A Memoir (2008)

“I now think, Love is rather deaf, than blind,
For else it could not be,
That she,
Whom I adore so much, should so slight me,
And cast my love behind.”

Ben Jonson (1572–1637) English writer

IX, My Picture Left in Scotland, lines 1-5
The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio (1640), Underwoods

“I think God didn't put eyes on my face because he took his time to put eyes in my soul.”

Leandro Díaz (1928–2013) Colombian musician

[Revista Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata, http://www.elvallenato.com/artistas/biografia.php?artista=120&mas=Leandro%20Diaz, Leandro Díaz, Revista Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata, 2001, 2008-03-26, Spanish]