Lauren Child
(1965) author and illustrator especially known for Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean, and My Uncle is a Hunkle
“Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.”
Book 6, chapter 24.
Books, Coningsby (1844), Henrietta Temple (1837)
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(1956) American author and consultant
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Epictetus
(50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece
Fragment vi.
Golden Sayings of Epictetus, Fragments
“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.”
Zeno of Citium
(-334–-263 BC) ancient Greek philosopher
As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, vii. 23.
Variant translation: The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”
Epictetus
(50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece
“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 has given the opportunity of happiness to all, knew they but how to use it.”
Natura beatis,<br/>omnibus esse dedit, si quis cognoverit uti.
Claudian
(370–404) Roman Latin poet
Natura beatis,
omnibus esse dedit, si quis cognoverit uti.
In Rufinum, Bk. I, lines 215-216 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/In_Rufinum/1*.html#215.
