“As the saying is, I have got a wolf by the ears.”
Act III, scene 2, line 21 (506).
Phormio
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Roman comic playwright -185–-159 BCRelated quotes

“I haven't got any papers. I have two ears, and I've heard many things.”
when she was suspected to have leaked confidential information from classified Foreign Ministry documents

On slavery, in a letter to John Holmes (22 April 1820)
1820s

“That ear - I mean, Jesus, he's got to will that to the Smithsonian.”
In reference to Brian Wilson, Newsweek (1997)

“You've got one mouth and two ears. There's a reason.”
Lift Me UP! Service With A Smile (2005)

“Death twitches my ear. "Live," he says. "I am coming."”
Mors aurem vellens, "vivite," ait, "venio."
Appendix Virgiliana, Copa 38.
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