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Hear ye not the hum
Of mighty workings?
Hear ye not the hum
Of mighty workings?
One eare it heard, at the other out it went.
One eare it heard, at the other out it went.
Everyone hears only what he understands.
Everyone hears only what he understands.
Where did you get that pearly ear?
God spoke and it came out to hear.
Where did you get that pearly ear?
God spoke and it came out to hear.
Such an exploit have I in hand, Ligarius,
Had you a healthful ear to hear of it.
Such an exploit have I in hand, Ligarius,
Had you a healthful ear to hear of it.
Where more is meant than meets the ear.
Where more is meant than meets the ear.
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.
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; 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.