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Pilate listened to the crowd. What sailor listens to the swell ? (Pilate écouta la foule. - Quel marin écoute la houle ?) – Charles de LEUSSE	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The Enemy, who wears her mother's usual face and confidential tone, has access; doubtless stares into her writing case and listens on the phone. – Phyllis McGinley	added by anonymous 10 years ago
O fret not after knowledge -- I have none, and yet my song comes native with the warmth. O fret not after knowledge -- I have none, and yet the Evening listens. – John Keats	added by anonymous 11 years ago
The man who listens not to the words of affectionate friends will give joy in the time of distress to his enemies. – The Hitopadesa	added by anonymous 13 years ago
When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely-- the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it. – J. Krishnamutri	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The Lord listens to the pryers of those who ask to be able to forget hatred, but is deaf to those who want to flee love. – Paulo Coelho, The Fifth Mountain	added by anonymous 13 years ago
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. – Ralph Waldo Emerson	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. – Jimi Hendrix	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks of what he intends to say than of what others are saying, and listens no more when he himself has a chance to speak. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter because nobody listens. – Nick Diamos	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters. – Rachel Blanchard	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens -- and then everybody disagrees. – Boris Marshalov	added by anonymous 14 years ago
No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why. – Mignon McLaughlin	added by anonymous 14 years ago
He listens well who takes notes. – Dante Alighieri	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him. – Brendan Francis	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The man who listens to Reason is lost reason enslaves all whose minds are not strong enough to master her. – George Bernard Shaw	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. – Andr Gide	added by anonymous 14 years ago

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