
“Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.”
Song lyrics, The Sensual World (1989)
“Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.”
“if a violin string could ache, i would be that string.”
Source: Lolita
Quoted in Interview with pianist Leon Fleisher http://www.examiner.com/article/interview-with-pianist-leon-fleisher by Elijah Ho (October 1, 2014)
“2942. It is good to have two Strings to one's Bow.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.”
Book II: The City, Ch. VI
Casuals of the Sea (1916)