Blindness

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None so blind as those that will not see.

Matthew Henry

Commentaries (Henry)

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Topic

Willful ignorance Ignorance Blindness

Author

Matthew Henry

Source

Commentaries (Henry)

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1706 1700s 18th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Henry, Matthew. Matthew Henry's Commentary. c. 1706, Jeremiah 20.

Current Citation

Henry, Matthew. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible. Thomas Nelson, 2003, Jeremiah 20.

There’s none so blind as they that won’t see.

Jonathan Swift

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Topic

Willful ignorance Ignorance Blindness

Author

Jonathan Swift

Source

Polite Conversation

Genre

Satire

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1738 1730s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Swift, Johnathan. "Dialogue III." Polite Conversation. London: Charles Wittinham & Co., 1738.

Current Citation

Swift, Jonathan. "Polite Conversation." Parodies, Hoaxes, Mock Treatises: Polite Conversation, Directions Servants and Other Works, edited by Valerie Rumbold. Cambridge University Press, 2013, no. 3.