“Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.”
Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece
“Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.”
Fragment vi.
Golden Sayings of Epictetus, Fragments
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