Perceive

Famous quotes containing the word perceive:

“We perceive that the schemers return again and again to common sense and labor. Such is the evidence of history.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“And as she died so must we die ourselves,
And thence ye may perceive the world’s a dream.
Life, how and what is it?”
—Robert Browning (1812–1889)

“I perceive that we inhabitants of New England live this mean life that we do because our vision does not penetrate the surface of things. We think that that is which appears to be.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)