Matthew Henry - Fulton, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 50.877 W 091° 56.397
15S E 591988 N 4300437
Sign at the Missouri School for the Deaf.
Waymark Code: WMKQ00
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/14/2014
Views: 3
County of quote: Callaway County
Location of quote: Entrance drive to school, Fulton
Quote:
"There are none so deaf....
As those that will not hear.
There are no so blind.....
as those that will not see"
Mathew Henry [sic]
In searching for the origination of this quote I found some strange things.
The first half of the quote is attributed to both Matthew Henry and is also attributed to Ole English Proverb attributed to Englishman John Heywood (1500).
The second half of the quote is attributed to both Matthew Henry and an ole French Proverb.
Interesting.
Matthwew Henry - Born: October 18, 1662; Died: June 22, 1714
Attribution of quote: "There is none so blind as those that will not see": mid 14th-cent. Fr. il n?est si mavais sours que chuis ch?oër ne voeilt
Who is so deafe, or so blynde, as is hee, That wilfully will nother here nor see?
[1546 J. Heywood Dialogue of Proverbs ii. ix. K4]
I perceyve by thys geare, That none is so deaf, as who wyll not heare.
[c 1570 T. Ingelend Disobedient Child C2V]
I have not interfered in this Trial one word, only in my Applications to you and Mr. Foxcraft, both of which turn a deaf Ear: for none so deaf as those who will not hear.
[1766 in B. Franklin Papers (1969) XIII. 18]
‘Don't worry, Vicar. Of course you've got to be up at the parish church more than here. He ought to know that but there you are, there's none so deaf as him who won't listen.’
[1993 F. Secombe ‘Hello, Vicar!’ in Chronicles of a Vicar (1999) i. 8]" ~ Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs