The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, and the eyes often say one thing, & the tongues, another

The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, and the eyes often say one thing, & the tongues, another. A practised man relies always on the language of the first since it is very hard to counterfeit.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks 5:426

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