Eyes

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The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is
The eyes have a property in things and territories not named in any title-deeds, and are the owners of our choicest possessions
The eyes those silent tongues of love
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing
You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus
That fine part of our construction, the eye, seems as much the receptacle and seat of our passions as the mind itself; and at least it is the outward portal to introduce them to the house within, or rather the common thoroughfare to let our affections pass in and out
A beautiful eye makes silence eloquent, a kind eye makes contradiction an assent, an enraged eye makes beauty deformed. This little member gives life to every other part about us; and I believe the story of Argus implies no more than that the eye is in every part; that is to say, every other part would be mutilated were not its force represented more by the eye than even by itself
The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body
The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul
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