The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Everyone hears only what he understands.

Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be
silent, that you may hear.

Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be
silent, that you may hear.

Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]

Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]

Friends, Romans countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.

Friends, Romans countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.

Hear ye not the hum
Of mighty workings?

Hear ye not the hum
Of mighty workings?

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Music is perpetual, and only the hearing is intermittent.

Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing.

Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing.