Quote#Wisdom
Direct your eye right inward, and you'll find
Quote byWilliam Habington · 1605–1654
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "To My Honoured Friend, Sir Ed. P. Knight". Castara: The Second Part (1635).
English (original)
Direct your eye right inward, and you'll find A thousand regions in your mind Yet undiscovered. Travel them, and be Expert in home-cosmography.
— William Habington
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