Before His Eyes Quotes
18 quotes by 17 authors
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Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes that…
— James Madison
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Propose to an Englishman any principle, or any instrument, however admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the English mind is directed…
— Charles Babbage
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In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can barely be perceived; but, when perceived, we…
— Plato
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Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to…
— Joseph de Maistre
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When you are in the temple, remember that you are in the living presence of the Lord God, that you stand before His face, before…
— John of Kronstadt
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Do console your poor friend, who is so troubled to see his paintings so miserable, so sad, next to the radiant nature he has before…
— Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
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If I were to ask the famous Henry Ford to come over here and do what I tell him to do, would he do it?…
— Meher Baba
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When a man sees a dying animal, horror comes over him: that which he himself is, his essence, is obviously being annihilated before his eyes--is…
— Leo Tolstoy
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That's what this has been all about for you, correct? Make it clear. That you and me--it was nothing more that you'll have with Spinnerbait…
— Sarah Dessen
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On the outside, Oscar simply looked tired, no taller, no fatter, only the skin under his eyes, pouched from years of quiet desperation, had changed.…
— Junot Diaz
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Watching a make-out while wrapped in a blanket with a guy she wanted to make out with made her feel exposed. Obvious. Transparent. Like her…
— Lisi Harrison
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In spite of death, he felt the need of life and love. He felt that love saved him from despair, and that this love, under…
— Leo Tolstoy
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Oh yes!' and suddenly the wintry frost-bound look of care had left Mr. Thornton's face, as if some soft summer gale had blown all anxiety…
— Elizabeth Gaskell
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In all Gabriel’s life he could not remember his brother giving even the prettiest of Shadowhunter girls a second glance. Yet he looked at this…
— Cassandra Clare
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Youth, with swift feet, walks onward in the way; the land of joy lies all before his eyes.
— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
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In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible, before his eyes.…
— Aristotle
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Whatever brief delights it provides, mere strangeness in poetry and prose eventually leaves us cold, especially when we suspect the writer is stretching for effect…
— Roger Rosenblatt
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We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very much like the simpleton of a Pliny the Younger, who…
— Anatole France
Who Wrote These Before His Eyes Quotes
17 authors contributed a total of 18 Before His Eyes Quotes as follows: