Princes have big ears
Princes have big ears which hear far and near. Elizabeth I
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Princes have big ears which hear far and near. Elizabeth I
We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers. Friedrich Nietzsche
A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect. Charles Lamb
The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our friends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as much as possibly we can; to hearken to what is said and to answer to the … Read more
I think a lot of our problems are because people don’t listen to our children. It is not always easy. They’re not always so brilliant that you want to spend hours with them. But it is very important to listen to them. Barbara Bush
If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be true. Then the more times you hear it the less likely it is to be true. Anthony Holden
Listening is not merely not talking…it means taking a vigorous human interest in what is being told to us. Andrew Miller
Sweet is every sound, sweeter the voice, but every sound is sweet. Alfred Lord Tennyson
The American people are entitled to see the president and to hear his views directly, and not to see him only through the press. Richard M. Nixon
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and gladly entertained by men around him. Ralph Waldo Emerson