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Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue
 Within a bony labrinthean cave,
 Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave,
  This sibyl, sweet, and read more 
 Within a bony labrinthean cave,
 Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave,
  This sibyl, sweet, and Mystic Sense is found,
   Muse, that presides o'er all the Powers of Sound. 
Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.
Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear.
 Little pitchers have wide eares.
 [Little pitchers have wide ears.]  
 Little pitchers have wide eares.
 [Little pitchers have wide ears.] 
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything read more
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.
 Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
 [Who is so deaf as he that will not read more 
 Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear?
 [Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?] 
A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it.
A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it.
None so deaf as those who will not hear.
None so deaf as those who will not hear.