但是，海明威確實有壹段流傳很廣的關於”多聽少說“的名言，在google圖書裏可以看到很多書籍都曾經引用，可信度比較高。
Listen now. When people talk, listen completely. Don't be thinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen.Nor do they observe.
出處之壹：Your Creative Writing Masterclass這段話乍看起來像是和題目裏的句子有關，但是需要註意，海明威說這段話的上下文是告訴大家如何為對話描寫積累素材。他在生活中非常靜心地收集和觀察周圍人的言談舉止，具有強大的傾聽力。從這個角度出發，很難說他會不會要求大家學會閉嘴，但是基本可以判斷”我們說的越多，彼此的距離卻越遠，矛盾也越多”之類的是後人的附會。______________________________________________________________匿名用戶
＂Hemingway noted that it takes two years to learn to talk and a lifetime to learn to shut up.＂
＂It takes two years to learn to speak and sixty to learn to shut up.＂
" It takes two years to learn to talk, but fifty to learn to be silent"
……————————————————————————————知乎某樓主
it takes two years for a baby to learn to talk, but it takes fifty years for a person to learn to keep his mouth shut.
--talmud
_________________________________peng wang