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What the EYE doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over
Cf. ST. BERNARD
Sermon
v.
All Saints, vulgo dicitur: Quod non videt oculus cor non dolet
, it is commonly said: what the eye sees not, the heart does not grieve at; early 14th-cent. Fr.
car on dit que ce que on ne voit au cueur ne deult
, for it is said that what one does not see does not harm the heart.
1545
tr.
Erasmus' Adages
(ed. 2) 13
That the eye seeth not, the hart rueth not.
1576
Petit Palace
145
As the sence of seeinge is most sharp, so is that paine most pinching, to see the thing one seeketh, and can not possesse it … And as the common saying is, that which the eye seeth, the hart greeueth.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
341
What the Eye sees not, the Heart rues not. Men may have Losses, but if they be unknown to them they give them no Trouble.
1830
Arabic Proverbs
109
When the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve.
1883
Shropshire Folklore
xxxvi.
These .. seem to be popular legal maxims … What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve.
1939
No Wind of Blame
iii.
Anyone knows what men are, and what the eye doesn't see the heart won't grieve over.
1979
So soon done For
xiii.
‘The Norrises don't know about it yet’. ‘There you are, “What the eye does not see”—’ He broke off.
ignorance
;
trouble
Sermon
v.
All Saints, vulgo dicitur: Quod non videt oculus cor non dolet
, it is commonly said: what the eye sees not, the heart does not grieve at; early 14th-cent. Fr.
car on dit que ce que on ne voit au cueur ne deult
, for it is said that what one does not see does not harm the heart.
1545tr.
Erasmus' Adages
(ed. 2) 13
That the eye seeth not, the hart rueth not.
1576
Petit Palace
145
As the sence of seeinge is most sharp, so is that paine most pinching, to see the thing one seeketh, and can not possesse it … And as the common saying is, that which the eye seeth, the hart greeueth.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
341
What the Eye sees not, the Heart rues not. Men may have Losses, but if they be unknown to them they give them no Trouble.
1830
Arabic Proverbs
109
When the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve.
1883
Shropshire Folklore
xxxvi.
These .. seem to be popular legal maxims … What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve.
1939
No Wind of Blame
iii.
Anyone knows what men are, and what the eye doesn't see the heart won't grieve over.
1979
So soon done For
xiii.
‘The Norrises don't know about it yet’. ‘There you are, “What the eye does not see”—’ He broke off.
ignorance;
trouble
The EYE of a master does more work than both his hands
1744Poor Richard's Almanack
(Oct).
The eye of a Master, will do more Work than his Hand.
1876
Manchester Man
I. xiv.
She was wont to say, ‘The eye of a master does more work than both his hands,’ accordingly in house or warehouse her active supervision kept other hands from idling.
employers and employees
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