perception Quotes

It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us.

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world.

To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions.

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.

The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.

We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.