Quotes with hears

  • When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy.
  • One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be stranger to him as he is more familiar to the audience. The longest intimacy could not foretell how he would behave then
  • Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind.
  • The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
  • That which, perhaps, hears more nonsense than anything in the world, is a picture in a museum.
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe A person hears only what they understand.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Somers White A good speaker is a good listener who hears what lessor speakers fail to.
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  • George Eliot In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Voltaire When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Edmond de Goncourt A painting in a museum probably hears more foolish remarks than anything else in the world.
    Edmond de Goncourt
    French writer and critic (1822 - 1896)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Paul Simon All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
    Paul Simon
    American singer-songwriter (1941 - 2003)
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  • John Donne As he that fears God hears nothing else, so, he that sees God sees every thing else.
    John Donne
    English poet (1572 - 1631)
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  • Lydia M. Child Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!
    Lydia M. Child
    American Abolitionist, Writer, Editor (1802 - 1880)
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  • David Gemmell Do not speak badly of yourself, for the warrior that is inside you hears your words and is lessened by them.
    David Gemmell
    British author of heroic fantasy (1948 - 2006)
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  • Fran Lebowitz How do you know if your child is a writer? Your obstetrician holds his stethoscope to your abdomen and only hears excuses.
    Fran Lebowitz
    American journalist (1950 - )
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  • David Herbert Lawrence I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur of life, of human life, troubling his hitherto unconscious self.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • George W. Bush I hear you, the rest of the world hears you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.
    The Telegraph, 15 september 2001
    George W. Bush
    American politician (1946 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde If one hears bad music, it is one's duty to drown it by one's conversation.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Alan Parsons In France, you can sell a lot, but nobody outside of France ever hears of it.
    Alan Parsons
    English audio engineer, songwriter, musician (1948 - )
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  • George Gurdjieff In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him.
    George Gurdjieff
    Russian teacher and writer (1873 - 1949)
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  • Alexander Pope Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • William Wordsworth No motion has she now, no force; she neither hears nor sees; rolled around in earth's diurnal course, with rocks, and stones, and trees.
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • Henry David Thoreau One may discover a new side to his most intimate friend when for the first time he hears him speak in public. He will be stranger to him as he is more familiar to the audience. The longest intimacy could not foretell how he would behave then
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Edmond de Goncourt That which, perhaps, hears more nonsense than anything in the world, is a picture in a museum.
    Edmond de Goncourt
    French writer and critic (1822 - 1896)
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