2 sayings with source references.
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Speak but little, and that little only when thy own purposes require it. Heaven has given thee two ears but only one tongue, which means: listen to two things, but be not the first to propose one.Háfiz · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 273
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Beside the streamlet seated, mark how life glides on: That sign, how swift each moment goes, to me's enough. Behold this world's delights, and view its various pains: If not to you, the joy it shows to me's enough.Háfiz · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 365
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