It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views read more

It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in general.

Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]

Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

Few love to hear the sins they love to act.

And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him 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.

Hear ye not the hum
Of mighty workings?

Hear ye not the hum
Of mighty workings?

The mind is for seeing, the heart is for hearing.

The mind is for seeing, the heart is for hearing.

They never would hear,
But turn the deaf ear,
As a matter they had no concern in.

They never would hear,
But turn the deaf ear,
As a matter they had no concern in.

I was all ear,
And took in strains that might create a soul
Under the ribs of read more

I was all ear,
And took in strains that might create a soul
Under the ribs of death.