Homer — "The gods have given us two ears and one mouth, that we may listen more and speak…"
The gods have given us two ears and one mouth, that we may listen more and speak less.
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About Homer (c. 8th century BCE)
Greek epic poet traditionally credited with the Iliad and the Odyssey, the foundational works of Western literature. Closely associated with Hesiod (near-contemporary Greek poet of Theogony and Works and Days). For an intellectual contrast, see Plato, Greek philosopher of the Republic — Republic Book X bans the poets from the ideal city, with Homer as the explicit target — Plato argued Homer's gods set immoral examples and that poetry corrupts moral education. The founding philosophy-versus-poetry quarrel of Western thought.
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Attributed, a common proverb, not directly from Homer's epics.
Date: c. 8th century BCE
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