The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and… — Zeno of Citium
The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.
In the original Greek
δύο ὦτα ἔχομεν, στόμα δὲ ἕν, ἵνα πλείονα μὲν ἀκούωμεν, ἥττονα δὲ λέγωμεν.
Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, by Diogenes Laertius · 430 BC
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Zeno. Quoted in The Lives of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius, translated by Pamela Mensch, edited by James Miller. Oxford University Press, 2018, bk. 7, ch. 1, sect. 23.
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Zeno. Quoted in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, written by Diogenes Laërtius. c. 240 AD, bk. 7, ch. 1, sect. 23.