#blind

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near. ↗

— Sophocles

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The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

#blind #complementary #disclosed #entirely #fact

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism. ↗

— Henry George

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Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not. ↗

— Tertullian

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There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

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There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other. ↗

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

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There I was, an 18-year-old mimic rooming with a blind whistler. ↗

— Arthur Hailey

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None so deaf as those that will not hear. None so blind as those that will not see. ↗

— Matthew Henry

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When faith and hope fail, as they do sometimes, we must try charity, which is love in action. We must speculate no more on our duty, but simply do it. When we have done it, however blindly, perhaps Heaven will show us why. ↗

— Dinah Maria Mulock

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