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We have eyelids but not earlids, for the ears are the portals of learning, and Nature wanted to keep them wide open.
We have eyelids but not earlids, for the ears are the portals of learning, and Nature wanted to keep them wide open.
Approximate author period: c. 1629 AD · renaissance
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- Baltasar Gracián
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- Approximate author period: c. 1629 AD · renaissance
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