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    The night has a thousand eyes,
    And the day but one;
    Yet the light of the bright world dies
    With the dying sun.
    The mind has a thousand eyes,
    And the heart but one:
    Yet the light of a whole life dies
    When love is done.

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Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

by Seneca Found in: Night Quotes,
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There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.

by G. K. Chesterton Found in: Eyes Quotes,
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At night, to his own dark fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
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At night, to his own dark fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
Tormenting himself with his prickles.

by Thomas Hood Found in: Night Quotes,
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The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind,
And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind:
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The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind,
And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind:
There all in sweet confusion sought the shade,
And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Night Quotes,
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Las Vegas looks the way you'd imagine heaven must look at night.

Las Vegas looks the way you'd imagine heaven must look at night.

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The learned compute that seven hundred and seven millions of
millions of vibrations have penetrate the eye before the read more

The learned compute that seven hundred and seven millions of
millions of vibrations have penetrate the eye before the eye can
distinguish the tints of a violet.

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What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy read more

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

by Horace Found in: Eyes Quotes,
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Not in mine eyes alone in Paradise.

Not in mine eyes alone in Paradise.

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The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body.
[Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]

The eyes, like sentinels, hold the highest place in the body.
[Lat., Oculi, tanquam, speculatores, altissimum locum obtinent.]

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