Two ears, one mouth. Listen double.
Zeno of Citium, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 7
Two ears, one mouth. Listen double.
Zeno of Citium, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 7
The source
"Two ears, one mouth. Listen double." Zeno of Citium said it in Diogenes Laertius, Lives 7. Translated by C. D. Yonge, 1853.
"This is the reason why we have two ears and only one mouth, that we may hear more and speak less"C. D. Yonge, 1853, Diogenes Laertius, Lives 7. Anecdote reported by Diogenes Laertius (3rd century AD).
Who said it
Zeno of Citium (c. 334–262 BC). A shipwrecked merchant who founded Stoicism on a painted porch in Athens.
Questions
- Who said "Two ears, one mouth. Listen double."?
- Zeno of Citium (c. 334–262 BC). Source: Diogenes Laertius, Lives 7.
- What is the original wording?
- This is the reason why we have two ears and only one mouth, that we may hear more and speak less (C. D. Yonge, 1853). Translated by C. D. Yonge, 1853.
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