Quote#Wisdom
We have flattered ourselves by inventing proverbs of comparison in…
Quote byHelen Hunt Jackson · 1830–1885
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ramona (1884), Ch. XIII, pp. 213–214..
English (original)
We have flattered ourselves by inventing proverbs of comparison in matter of blindness,—"blind as a bat," for instance. It would be safe to say that there cannot be found in the animal kingdom a bat, or any other creature, so blind in its own range of circumstance and connection, as the greater majority of human beings are in the bosoms of their families.
— Helen Hunt Jackson
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