“Your bounty is beyond my speaking;
But though my mouth be dumb, my heart shall thank you.”
Nicholas Rowe (1674–1718) English poet, dramatist
Jane Shore (1714), Act II, scene 1.
Song lyrics, Infidels (1983), I and I
“Your bounty is beyond my speaking;
But though my mouth be dumb, my heart shall thank you.”
Nicholas Rowe (1674–1718) English poet, dramatist
Jane Shore (1714), Act II, scene 1.
James Taylor (1948) American singer-songwriter and guitarist
"That Lonesome Road", written with Don Grolnick
Song lyrics, Dad Love His Work (1981)
“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
“When I cannot sing my heart, I can only speak my mind.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
"Julia" (1968); these lines were adapted from lines of Sand and Foam (1926) by Khalil Gibran: "When life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind."
Lyrics
“When someone speaks from the heart, one should listen to them”
Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna
Mother’s Love – Swami Ishanananda http://www.chennaimath.org/category/media/page/2,
“I wouldn't have ate it, only I'm too lady-like to take it out of my mouth.”
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright
Act II
1910s, Pygmalion (1912)
“If listening was as important as speaking, you would have twice as many ears as mouths.”
Ron English (1959) American artist
Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)