The eyes see not what is before them when the mind is intent on other matters.
... the fallibility of human brains is in nothing more obvious than in proof reading.
As soon as they're out of your sight, you are out of their mind.
Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others.
We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.
The human eye is a wonderful device. With a little effort, it can fail to see even the most glaring injustice.
Man is still an ape in that he forgets what is not ever before his eyes.
you remember what is lost, and you forget what's right in front of you.
One is unable to notice something because it is always before one's eyes.
We notice things that don't work. We don't notice things that do. We notice computers, we don't notice pennies. We notice e-book readers, we don't notice books.
