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Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.
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.
Friends, Romans countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
Friends, Romans countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.
One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.
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.
One eare it heard, at the other out it went.
One eare it heard, at the other out it went.
He ne'er presumed to make an error clearer;--
In short, there never was a better hearer.
He ne'er presumed to make an error clearer;--
In short, there never was a better hearer.
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.
