Zeno of Citium

Ancient Stoic philosopher

Zeno of Citium is identified in the cited material as the ancient stoic philosopher. This page distinguishes the documented source trail from a claim of verbatim personal testimony.

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“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak”

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