"The obvious is the hardest thing of all to point out to anyone who has genuinely lost sight of it."

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Owen Barfield

#Sight Quotes #Lost Quotes #Obvious Quotes

“The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a friar, Many a knight and many a squire, With a great many more of lesser degree,-- In sooth a goodly company; And they served the Lord Primate on bended knee. Never, I ween, Was a prouder seen, Read of in books or dreamt of in dreams, Than the Cardinal Lord Archbishop of Rheims.”

Source : 'The Ingoldsby Legends' (First Series, 1840) 'The Jackdaw of Rheims'
“She swallowed and looked down at the artichoke petals piled neatly on the side of her plate. Her center certainly felt like it was melting, growing soft and wet just from the rasp of Mr. O'Connor's voice. Why should a man already devilishly handsome also have a voice that could charm birds from the sky? It simply wasn't fair.”
“A good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself.”
“How many things have to happen to you before something occurs to you?”
“Think of strangers as friends you not met yet.”
“Choose love. Teach love. And never lose your curiosity.”
“I think it's important never to look yourself up on Wikipedia. I think the temptation to correct any interesting factual errors would be too much.”
“The problem with capitalism is that it best rewards the worst part of us: the ruthless, competitive, conniving, opportunistic, acquisitive drives, giving little reward and often much punishment-or at least much handicap-to honesty, compassion, fair play, many forms of hard work, love of justice, and a concern for those in need.”

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