“There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise; He jumped into a bramble bush And scratched out both his eyes. Anonymous: Nursery Rhymes
“Yet I argue not Against Heav’n’s hand or will, nor bate one jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up, and steer Right onward. John Milton
“Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing.Anonymous
“And so I betake myself to that course, which is almost as much as to see myself go into my grave; for which, and all the discomforts that will accompany my being blind, the good God prepare me!Samuel Pepys
“Hogan’s r-right whin he says: “Justice is blind.” Blind she is, an’ deef an’ dumb an’ has a wooden leg.Finley Peter Dunne