Zeno of Citium: as reported by Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
“We have two ears and one mouth, that we may listen the more and talk the less.”
Reflection
In your next conversation, ask one more question than usual.
Source record
- Author
- Zeno of Citium
- Original source
- as reported by Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Eminent Philosophers
- Original date
- 3rd c. AD
- Edition used
- Trans. C. D. Yonge, 1853 — public domain
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