It is better to be deaf!
a fool!" Proverbs 10:18
In the case of slander, the listener
is almost as bad as the speaker.
The only proper response, is to
shut your ears the moment you
begin to hear an evil report of
another from anyone.
The person has no right
to tell it to you--
and you have no right
to listen to it!
If you refuse to listen--
he will not be able to go on
with his story. Ears are made
to hear with, but on occasion
it is better to be deaf.
We all aim at courtesy, and
courtesy requires that we be
patient listeners, even to dull
speakers; but even courtesy
does not require us to listen
to evil reports about a neighbor.
Ears should be trained to shut
instinctively when the breath of
slander touches it, just as our eyes
shut at the slightest approach of harm.
We all aim at courtesy, and
courtesy requires that we be
patient listeners, even to dull
speakers; but even courtesy
does not require us to listen
to evil reports about a neighbor.
Ears should be trained to shut
instinctively when the breath of
slander touches it, just as our eyes
shut at the slightest approach of harm.
"He who speaks a slander, carries
the devil on his tongue--
and he who listens to it,
carries the devil in his ear!" Thomas Watson
the devil on his tongue--
and he who listens to it,
carries the devil in his ear!" Thomas Watson
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