Date: 1697
"Therefore Cicero tells us, in 3. de Oratore; Facilius ad ea qua visa sunt, quam adea qua auditasunt, Oculi Mentis feruntur: That the Eyes of the Understanding (and consequently of the Memory) are carried more easily to the things that are seen, than to those that are heard."
preview | full record— D'Assigny, Marius (1643-1717)