"We may be sure that the characteristic blindness……" — C.S. Lewis

"We may be sure that the characteristic blindness of the twentieth century [...] lies where we have never suspected it [...] The only palliative is [...] by reading old books. [...] the books of the future would be just as good [...], but unfortunately we cannot get at them."

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An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness. — Margaret Atwood
Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma. — John Berger
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Just because you are blind and unable to see my beauty doesn't mean it does not exist. — Margaret Cho
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He who olny does not appreciate floral beauty is to be pitied like any other man who is born inperfect.… — Henry Ward Beecher
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In football, the worst blindness is only seeing the ball. — Nelson Rodrigues
Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us… — Charles Caleb Colton
The 'eathen in 'is blindness must end where 'e began. But the backbone of the Army is the non-commissioned man! — Rudyard Kipling
Everyone's pet is the most outstanding. This begets mutual blindness. — Jean Cocteau
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