Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, ... - Xenophon

"Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak."

Xenophon Wisdom

Historian Soldier Ancient Greece 430–354

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