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Speak but little, and that little only when thy own purposes require it. Heaven has given thee two ears but only one tongue, which means: listen to two things, but be not the first to propose one.
Speak but little, and that little only when thy own purposes require it. Heaven has given thee two ears but only one tongue, which means: listen to two things, but be not the first to propose one.
In print by 1893 AD · industrial
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- Unresolved attribution · printed label: Hāfiz
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- In print by 1893 AD · industrial
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- Book of Wise Sayings (1893) (1893 AD)
Saying 273 · printed source label: Hāfiz · entry translator not specified
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