EARS

Related Subjects: Deafness, Listening, Silence, Sound

1. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.—Bible, Matthew 5:9
   

2. Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.—EPICTETUS, Discourses
   

3. I was all ear,
   And took in strains that might create a soul
   Under the ribs of death.—MILTON, Contus
   

4. Of Forests, and enchantments drear,
   Where more is meant than meets the ear.—MILTON, Il Penseroso
   

5. If your ear burns, some one is talking about you.—PLINY THE ELDER,
   Historia Naturalis
   

6. Went in at the one ear and out at the other.—Proverb
   

7. One pair of ears draws dry a hundred tongues.—Proverb
   

8. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.—SHAKESPEARE, Hamlet
   

9. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.—SHAKESPEARE, Julius Caesar
   

10. What fire is in mine ears? Can this be true?—SHAKESPEARE, Much Ado About Nothing
    

11. You have a quick ear.—SHAKESPEARE, Two Gentlemen of Verona
    

12. Take heed what you say. Walls have ears.—JAMES SHIRLEY, A Bird in a Cage
    

13. Little pitchers have big ears.—Traditional