A Quote by Benjamin Disraeli

Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.

Benjamin Disraeli

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Benjamin Disraeli
British - Celebrity
December 21, 1804 - April 19, 1881

We were given: Two hands to hold. Two legs to walk. Two eyes to see. Two ears to listen. But why only one heart? Because the other was given to someone else. For us to find.

Lauren Child

good people managers are likely to listen more than they speak. Perhaps that's why we were given two ears and only one mouth.

Mary Kay Ash

All we have to do is listen. The Good Lord gave us two ears and only one mouth, my dear white-headed mother used to say.

Stephen Fry

Even those with unspendable fortunes only have one mind, one mouth, two ears, two eyes and one pleasure station. There's only so much fun you can take.

Tibor Fischer

If God had wanted us to talk more than listen, he would have given us two mouths rather than two ears.

Ken Blanchard

We human beings don't realize how great God is. He has given us an extraordinary brain and a sensitive loving heart. He has blessed us with two lips to talk and express our feelings, two eyes which see a world of colors and beauty, two feet which walk on the road of life, two hands to work for us, a nose which smells the beauty of fragrance, and two ears to hear the words of love.

Malala Yousafzai

The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.

Zeno of Citium

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

Epictetus

Speak but little, and that little only when thy own purposes require it. Heaven has given thee two ears but only one tongue, which means: listen to two things, but be not the first to propose one.