--- title: "1 Blindness Blind Quotes By Helen Hunt Jackson" description: "1 Blindness Blind quotes by Helen Hunt Jackson. Plus more from Helen Hunt Jackson and more Blindness Blind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/helen-hunt-jackson-13421_american-indian_we-have-flattered-ourselves-by-inventing_2206681.jpg" --- > [“We have flattered ourselves by inventing proverbs of comparison in matter of blindness,--"blind as a bat," for instance. It would be safe to say that there cannot be found in the animal kingdom a bat, or any other creature, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/we-have-flattered-ourselves-by-inventing-proverbs-of-comparison-in/) [Helen Hunt Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hunt-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/helen-hunt-jackson-13421_american-indian_we-have-flattered-ourselves-by-inventing_2206681.jpg) ## More by Helen Hunt Jackson > [As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough - I wrote faster than I would write a letter - two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/as-soon-as-i-began-it-seemed-impossible-to-write-fast-enough-i-wrote/) [Helen Hunt Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hunt-jackson/) > [Ah, March! we know thou art Kind-hearted, spite of ugly looks and threats, And, out of sight, art nursing April's violets!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/ah-march-we-know-thou-art-kind-hearted-spite-of-ugly-looks-and/) [Helen Hunt Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hunt-jackson/) > [Next time!' In what calendar are kept the records of those next times which never come?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/next-time-in-what-calendar-are-kept-the-records-of-those-next-times/) [Helen Hunt Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hunt-jackson/) > [Motherhood is priced Of God, at price no man may dare To lessen or misunderstand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/motherhood-is-priced-of-god-at-price-no-man-may-dare-to-lessen-or/) [Helen Hunt Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hunt-jackson/) > [If I could write a story that would do for the Indian one-hundredth part what 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' did for the Negro, I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/if-i-could-write-a-story-that-would-do-for-the-indian-one-hundredth/) [Helen Hunt Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hunt-jackson/) > [When love is at its best, one loves So much that he cannot forget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/when-love-is-at-its-best-one-loves-so-much-that-he-cannot-forget/) [Helen Hunt Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hunt-jackson/) > [That indescribable expression peculiar to people who hope they have not been asleep, but know they have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/that-indescribable-expression-peculiar-to-people-who-hope-they-have/) [Helen Hunt Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hunt-jackson/) > [The new is older than the old; And newest friend is oldest friend in this: That, waiting him, we longest grieved to miss One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/the-new-is-older-than-the-old-and-newest-friend-is-oldest-friend-in/) [Helen Hunt Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hunt-jackson/) > [Most men call fretting a minor fault, a foible, and not a vice. There is no vice except drunkenness which can so utterly destroy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/most-men-call-fretting-a-minor-fault-a-foible-and-not-a-vice-there-is/) [Helen Hunt Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hunt-jackson/) > [For April sobs while these are so glad April weeps while these are so gay,- Weeps like a tired child who had, Playing with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/for-april-sobs-while-these-are-so-glad-april-weeps-while-these-are-so/) [Helen Hunt Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hunt-jackson/) > [On the king's gate the moss grew gray; The king came not. They call'd him dead; And made his eldest son, one day, Slave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/on-the-king-s-gate-the-moss-grew-gray-the-king-came-not-they-call-d/) [Helen Hunt Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hunt-jackson/) > [O bees, sweet bees!" I said; "that nearest field Is shining white with fragrant immortelles Fly swiftly there and drain those honey wells.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/o-bees-sweet-bees-i-said-that-nearest-field-is-shining-white-with/) [Helen Hunt Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hunt-jackson/) > [The wild mustard in Southern California is like that spoken of in the New Testament. . . . Its gold is as distinct a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/the-wild-mustard-in-southern-california-is-like-that-spoken-of-in-the/) [Helen Hunt Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hunt-jackson/) > [“But pride carries its banner to the last; and fast as it is driven from one field unfurls it in another, never admitting that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/but-pride-carries-its-banner-to-the-last-and-fast-as-it-is-driven/) [Helen Hunt Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hunt-jackson/) > [There is nothing so skillful in its own defense as imperious pride.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/there-is-nothing-so-skillful-in-its-own-defense-as-imperious-pride/) [Helen Hunt Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hunt-jackson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blindness-blind/helen-hunt-jackson/#itemlist", "name": "1 Blindness Blind Quotes By Helen Hunt Jackson", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We have flattered ourselves by inventing proverbs of comparison in matter of blindness,--\"blind as a bat,\" for instance. It would be safe to say that there cannot be found in the animal kingdom a bat, or any other creature, so blind in its own range of circumstance and connection, as the greater majority of human beings are in the bosoms of their families. Tempers strain and recover, hearts break and heal, strength falters, fails, and comes near to giving way altogether, every day, without being noted by the closest lookers-on.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Helen Hunt Jackson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hunt-jackson/we-have-flattered-ourselves-by-inventing-proverbs-of-comparison-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/helen-hunt-jackson-13421_american-indian_we-have-flattered-ourselves-by-inventing_2206681.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/helen-hunt-jackson-13421_american-indian_we-have-flattered-ourselves-by-inventing_2206681.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/helen-hunt-jackson-13421_american-indian_we-have-flattered-ourselves-by-inventing_2206681.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We have flattered ourselves by inventing proverbs of comparison in matter of blindness,--\"blind as a bat,\"…” — Helen Hunt Jackson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blindness-blind/helen-hunt-jackson/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blindness-blind/helen-hunt-jackson/", "name": "Blindness Blind Quotes by Helen Hunt Jackson", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blindness-blind/helen-hunt-jackson/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/helen-hunt-jackson-13421_american-indian_we-have-flattered-ourselves-by-inventing_2206681.jpg" }, "description": "1 Blindness Blind quotes by Helen Hunt Jackson. Plus more from Helen Hunt Jackson and more Blindness Blind sayings from other authors.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blindness-blind/helen-hunt-jackson/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blindness-blind/helen-hunt-jackson/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Blindness Blind", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blindness-blind/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "name": "Helen Hunt Jackson", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blindness-blind/helen-hunt-jackson/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```