“1817. Keep thy eyes wide open before Marriage; and half shut afterward.”
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1738) : Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
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British physician, preacher, and intellectual 1654–1734Related quotes
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“Opening, my eyes say 'Let there be light',
Closing, they shut me in a coffin.”
"The Human Situation"
The Still Centre (1939)
Context: And if this I were destroyed,
The image shattered,
My perceived, rent world would fly
In an explosion of final judgement
To the ends of the sky,
The colour in the iris of the eye.
Opening, my eyes say 'Let there be light',
Closing, they shut me in a coffin.
“you'll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut”
Source: I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978)