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Samuel Johnson Quotes

Samuel Johnson quotes about eyes

English Author, Critic September 18, 1709 – December 13, 1784

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Samuel Johnson quote: "Reason by degrees submits to absurdity, as the eye in time is..."
Reason by degrees submits to absurdity, as the eye in time is accommodated to darkness. Samuel Johnson
The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting to myrtles and to roses; filling the eye with awful pomp, and gratifying the mind with endless diversity. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye."
Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may..."
It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached. Samuel Johnson

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