
“To be generous is to say yes before the man even opens his mouth.”
Henry Miller on Writing (1964)
Vol. 2, Ch. 29, § 377
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851), Counsels and Maxims
“To be generous is to say yes before the man even opens his mouth.”
Henry Miller on Writing (1964)
“The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.”
“Every man was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book IV, Ch. 73.
Literature and Ethics, entry for 1901
Journals 1889-1949
“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.”
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.
Act II
A Man for All Seasons (1960)