“To be generous is to say yes before the man even opens his mouth.”
Henry Miller (1891–1980) American novelist
Henry Miller on Writing (1964)
“A man’s face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendium of everything his mouth will ever say, in that it is the monogram of all this man’s thoughts and aspirations.”
Vol. 2, Ch. 29, § 377
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851), Counsels and Maxims
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“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.
Robert Bolt A Man for All Seasons
Act II
A Man for All Seasons (1960)
