8 April 2014

Fifth Tuesday of Lent

Joseph Laurens Dyckmans, The Blind Beggar, 1853


To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear the blindness, that is miserable.
John Milton

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We're blind to our blindness. We have very little idea of how little we know.
Daniel Kahneman

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An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
Margaret Atwood


5 comments:

  1. Such wise words…. I especially like those of Margaret Atwood...

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  2. I do, too I love her writing - The Handmaid's Tale and Alias Grace are real favourites :)

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    1. I shall have to look into those… ;-)

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    2. The Handmaid's Tale is a modern classic, and is on the English Literature syllabus in some schools. They made a film in 1990, but not great. Book is brilliant, though!
      Another great Atwood book is The Blind Assassin which won the Booker in 2000 x

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  3. Thank you for such lovely inspiration. I just joined your follow so I do not miss the encouragement. L

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