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Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.
Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.
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.
 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.
One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.
One feels the excitement of hearing an untold story.
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.
 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. 
He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton.
He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton.
The mind is for seeing, the heart is for hearing.
The mind is for seeing, the heart is for hearing.