Perceive

Famous quotes containing the word perceive:

“You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist’s custom.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

“The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed with the heavens and crowned with the stars: and perceive yourself to be the sole heir of the whole world.”
—Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)