Ear Quotes

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TELESCOPE, n. A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us… — Ambrose Bierce
Nor at all can tell Whether I mean this day to end myself, Or lend an ear to Plato where he says, That men like… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
To say that God permits evil in the world may not be pleasing to the ear. But if He is held responsible for the good,… — Mahatma Gandhi
Art should be independent of all clap-trap - should stand alone, and appeal to the artistic sense of eye or ear, without confounding this with… — James Whistler
There is music wherever there is harmony, order and proportion; and thus far we may maintain the music of the spheres; for those well ordered… — Thomas Browne
In eloquence, the great triumphs of the art are when the orator is lifted above himself; when consciously he makes himself the mere tongue of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents The armorers accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers… — William Shakespeare
Full many a lady I have eyed with best regard, and many a time Th' harmony of their tongues hath into bondage Brought my too… — William Shakespeare
Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an ear. — Maya Angelou
Although the poet has as wide a choice of subjects as the painter, his creations fail to afford as much satisfaction to mankind as do… — Leonardo da Vinci
Don't tell me of deception; a lie is a lie, whether it be a lie to the eye or a lie to the ear. — Samuel Johnson
Happy will be those who give ear to the words of the dead: - The reading of good works and the observing of their precepts. — Leonardo da Vinci
Be eager to lend a patient ear to the opinions of others and think long and hard whether whoever finds fault has reason or not… — Leonardo da Vinci
What is more cruel than a tyrant's ear? — Juvenal
Soft as Memnon's harp at morning, To the inward ear devout, Touched by light, with heavenly warning Your transporting chords ring out. Every leaf in… — John Keble
How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at interval upon the ear In cadence sweet; now dying all away, Now pealing loud again,… — William Cowper
Whoever keeps an open ear For tattlers will be sure to hear The trumpet of contention. — William Cowper
Where more is meant than meets the ear. — John Milton
What sweeter words can fall on the human ear? It's going to be May all week long. — Russell Baker
Went in at the one ear and out at the other. — John Heywood

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