“My eyes make pictures when they are shut.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English poet, literary critic and philosopher
A Day-Dream
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Heaven is always ready to shut its eyes to our sins when they are not committed before the eyes of the world, and when the lack of witnesses makes it impossible to bring the charge home to us.”
Il cielo chiude volentieri gli occhi a nostri difetti, quando non son fatti avanti gli occhi del mondo, e quando per mancanza di testimoni non possa compire perfettamente il processo contra di noi.
Il Don Pilone (1711), Act III., Sc. V. — (Don Pilone.)
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 312.
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Gilbert Ryle book The Concept of Mind
Source: The Concept of Mind (1949), Ch. VIII: Imagination, (2) Picturing and Seeing
“This economic pie that is getting ready to explode before our eyes is going to be shared equally.”
Ray Nagin (1956) politician, businessman
Speech after making into run off for mayor, April 23, 2006. http://cbs4boston.com/katrina/hurricanekatrina_story_112152722.html <br class="br">2006
“When I lack courage, I find it in my mother's eyes.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: Quando mi manca il coraggio, lo trovo negli occhi di mia madre.
Source: prevale.net
“We are worth more when someone looks at us. And, because of this, an eye is always watching us.”
Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist
