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title: "6 Thing Sees Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-valery/to-see-is-to-forget-the-name-of-the-thing-one-sees/)

[Paul Valery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-valery/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/paul-valery-1464_awe_to-see-is-to-forget-the-name-of-the-thin_326030.jpg)

> [“I guess maybe once in a while the universe just knows a good thing when it sees it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-rothenberg/i-guess-maybe-once-in-a-while-the-universe-just-knows-a-good-thing/)

[Jess Rothenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jess-rothenberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ec/jess-rothenberg-14233_good-thing_i-guess-maybe-once-in-a-while-the-univer_461771.jpg)

> [And for all I can tell, the only difference is that what many see we call a real thing, and what only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-for-all-i-can-tell-the-only-difference-is-that-what-many-see-we/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/665/anonymous-1_depth_and-for-all-i-can-tell-the-only-differen_608724.jpg)

> [Hardly any one is able to see what is before him, just as it is in itself. He comes expecting one thing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-symons/hardly-any-one-is-able-to-see-what-is-before-him-just-as-it-is-in/)

[Arthur Symons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-symons/)

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> [“Visible and mobile, my body is a thing among things; it is one of them. It is caught in the fabric of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-merleau-ponty/visible-and-mobile-my-body-is-a-thing-among-things-it-is-one-of-them/)

[Maurice Merleau-Ponty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-merleau-ponty/)

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> [As for all I can tell, the only difference is that what many see we call a real thing, and what only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-for-all-i-can-tell-the-only-difference-is-that-what-many-see-we/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54d/anonymous-1_differences_as-for-all-i-can-tell-the-only-differenc_2678475.jpg)

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