We have two ears and one mouth so that we listen twice as mu... - Diogenes Laërtius

This quote is attributed to Diogenes Laërtius.

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

Diogenes Laërtius Patience

Historian Biographer Ancient Greece

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