Φύσις δύο ὦτα παρέσχεν ἀνθρώπῳ, στόμα δὲ ἕν, ἵνα διπλάσια τῶν λεγομένων ἀκούῃ.
Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
Epictetus – Greek philosopher (c. 50 – 138), from his fragment 142
Φύσις δύο ὦτα παρέσχεν ἀνθρώπῳ, στόμα δὲ ἕν, ἵνα διπλάσια τῶν λεγομένων ἀκούῃ.
Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
Epictetus – Greek philosopher (c. 50 – 138), from his fragment 142