Quotations
Quotes:
A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide.
View quotes by Samuel Butler
'It is by no means enough that an officer be capable...He should be a gentleman of liberal education, refined, manners, punctilious courtesy, and the nicest sense of personal honor... No meritorious act of a subordinate should escape his attention, even if the reward be only one word of approval. Conversely, he should not be blind to a single fault in any subordinate.'
View quotes by John Paul Jones
Except the blind forces of Nature, nothing moves in this world which is not Greek in its origin.
View quotes by Sir Henry Maine
Love is blind, and lovers cannot see
The pretty follies that themselves commit
View quotes by William Shakespeare
Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
View quotes by Imannuel Kant
I believe there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those doing the oppressing. I believe that there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice and equality for everyone and those who want to continue the system of exploitation. I believe that there will be that kind of clash, but I dont think it will be based on the colour of the skinYou're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
View quotes by Malcom X
Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
View quotes by Albert Einstein
An eye for an eye and everyone shall be blind
View quotes by Mahatma Gandhi
I've fallen for you like a blind roofer
View quotes by Charlie Sheen
It is well known, that among the blind the one-eyed man is king
View quotes by Gerard Didier Erasmus
When I hear of an 'equity' in a case like this, I am reminded of a blind man in a dark room - looking for a black hat - which isn't there.
View quotes by Lord Bowen
An eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind
View quotes by Mahatma Ghandi
The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game. The cynic puts all human actions into two classes - openly bad and secretly bad.
View quotes by Henry Ward Beecher
Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do.
View quotes by Josh Billings
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
View quotes by Honore De Balzac
Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows the trouble I've not seen!
View quotes by James Thurber
Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see.
View quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
Every new baby is a blind desperate vote for survival: people who find themselves unable to register an effective political protest against extermination do so by a biological act.
View quotes by Lewis Mumford
Blind and unwavering undisciplined at all times constitutes the real strength of all free men.
View quotes by Alfred Jarry
I’m a sacred cow. [on her irreplaceable nature on Blind Date, now de-commissioned]
View quotes by Cilla Black
Proverbs:
Love Is Blind
There Are None So Blind As Those That Will Not See
In The Land Of The Blind The One Eyed Man Is King
A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Man
If The Blind Lead The Blind, Both Shall Fall Into The Ditch
A Deaf Husband And A Blind Wife Are Always A Happy Couple
Dont Make Love At The Garden Gate, Love Is Blind But The Neighbours Aint
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