Wisdom Quote by Joan Marques

“Why do we have two ears and one mouth? In order to talk half as much as we listen.”

— Josip Novakovich

“We have two ears and one mouth, therefore we should listen twice as much as we speak.”

— Zeno

“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.”

— as quoted by Diogenes Laërtius Zeno of Citium

“We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.”

— Diogenes Laertius

“Having two ears and one tongue, we should listen twice as we speak.”

— Turkish proverb

“Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk.”

— Doug Larson

If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.

— Mark Twain

“It has been said that because we have been given two ears and only one mouth, we should listen twice as much as we…

— Michael Nir

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

— Epictetus

That's why we have 2 ears and 1 mouth. We ought to listen twice as much as we talk

— Meicee

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

— Diogenes

“Pearls of wisdom need matching hearrings.”

— Figuratio