for the eye sees not
itself, but by reflection,
by some other things
Adapted from Julius Caesar ACT I – SCENE II where Brutus says:
No, Cassius, for the eye sees not itself
But by reflection, by some other thing.

I snapped this image of the pond at the Audubon Newhall Preserve on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina and was struck by the reflection.
The eye sees not by itself.
But by reflection.
But by some other things.