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Hear ye not the hum
Of mighty workings?
Hear ye not the hum
Of mighty workings?
Where more is meant than meets the ear.
Where more is meant than meets the ear.
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.
He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton.
He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton.
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.
Everyone hears only what he understands.
Everyone hears only what he understands.
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.
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.
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil
