Ears

Famous quotes containing the word ears:

“In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are not faults! Now we are taught from infancy that we must rise or fall upon our own merits; that vigilance wins success, and incapacity means ruin.”
—Agnes Repplier (1858–1950)

“Do memories plague their ears like flies?
They shake their heads.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1985)

“The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.”
—Herodotus (c. 484–424 B.C.)