The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines. Marc Bloch
So in all human affairs one notices, if one examines them closely, that it is impossible to remove one inconvenience without another emerging. Niccolò Machiavelli
The state of minds vary according to the angle under which one examines them. Ella Maillart
It is the hour of pearl-the interval between day and night when time stops and examines itself. John Steinbeck
When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger. Confucius
It hinders the creative work of the mind if the intellect examines too closely the ideas as they pour in. Friedrich Schiller