“Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.”
Francesco Guicciardini (1483–1540) Italian writer, historian and politician
Gli ambasciadori sono l'occhio e l'orecchio degli stati.
Storia d' Italia (1537-1540)
Gli Ambasciadori sono gli occhi e gli orecchi de gli stati.
CCLXXVI.
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 305.
Concetti Politici (1578)
“Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.”
Francesco Guicciardini (1483–1540) Italian writer, historian and politician
Gli ambasciadori sono l'occhio e l'orecchio degli stati.
Storia d' Italia (1537-1540)
“now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened”
E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet
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XAIPE (1950)
“Metre is to rhythm as eye is to ear.”
John Hollander (1929–2013) American poet
'Vision and Resonance:Two senses of Poetic Form' OUP London 1975
“Observation — activity of both eyes and ears.”
Horace Mann (1796–1859) American politician
As quoted in Every Other Sunday Vol. 23 (1907) by The Unitarian Sunday-School Society, p. 19
“Color is to the eye what music is to the ear.”
Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848–1933) American stained glass and jewelry designer
The Art Work of Louis C. Tiffany (Doubleday, Page & Co New York, 1916)
“To be
the eyes
and ears
and conscience
of the Creator of the Universe,
you fool.”
Kurt Vonnegut book Breakfast of Champions
Kilgore Trout's unwritten reply to the question "What is the purpose of life?"
Breakfast of Champions (1973)
Nick Drake (poet) (1961) British writer
Ch 12
The Rahotep series, Book 3: Egypt: The Book of Chaos (2011)
Alfred Adler (1870–1937) Medical Doctor, Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Personality Theorist
“My universe is my eyes and my ears. Anything else is hearsay.”
Douglas Adams book The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Source: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe