myopia quotes

Life is too short to silver over this tarnish. The gods, employed to haunt and punish husbands, have no hand for trigger-fine distinctions, their myopia makes all error mortal.

- RobertTraill Spence,Jr Lowell
  'NewYear's Eve'.

   It was the same world then as nowthe same, Except for little differences of speed And power, and means to treat myopia To show an axe-blade infinitely sharp Splitting things infinitely small.

- EdwinJohn Pratt
  Towards theLast Spike.The poet is speaking of the building of the Canadian National Railway, from coast to coast. English Labour politician, Deputy Prime Minister since1997.