Hears

Famous quotes containing the word hears:

“A wise man hears one word and understands two.”
—Yiddish proverb.

“I must feel pride in my friend’s accomplishments as if they were mine,—and a property in his virtues. I feel as warmly when he is praised, as the lover when he hears applause of his engaged maiden.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!”
—Lydia M. Child (1802–1880)