 A wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?  The Spatula - Page 152edited by - 1908Full view - About this book
 | 1987 - 602 pages
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 | American Road Builders' Association - 1912 - 1290 pages
...Deputy, New York State Commission of Highways, will say to you. MR. LYON: "A wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; I thought I could be somewhat like this wise old bird." I had not expected that I would be called upon... | |
 | R. H. Andrews - 1916 - 454 pages
...not — or was not, as wise as the owl : "There was an owl that lived in an oak, the more he heard the less he spoke; the less he spoke the more he heard — O, if men were all like this wise bird." I think it was Epectetus, who flourished during the first... | |
 | 1991 - 1146 pages
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 | 1923 - 1012 pages
...the fireplace in the Coolidge home in Northampton, Mass. The legend reads; "A Avise old owl lived in an oak: The more he saw, the less he spoke, The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can't we be like that old bird? " Silent and a half-mysterious individual, the former Governor of Massachusetts... | |
 | 1916 - 794 pages
...far as men are concerned at this convention they'adopted the following rule: A wise old owl lived In an oak. The more he saw the less he spoke: The less he spoke the more he heard, Why can't we be like that old bird? The men In this convention I notice stand solidly together. Not that there Is... | |
 | 1919 - 826 pages
...'Nursery Rhymes New Set for the Times," the stanza: There was an owl lived in an oak, The more he heard the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard-- O, if mm were all like that wise bird. Do Right. Do right though pain and anguish be thy lot; Thy heart... | |
 | 1904 - 390 pages
...ministry in the Bulfinch Place Church. A Wise Old Owl "A wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he heard the less he spoke, The less he spoke the more he heard. Whv aren't we all more like that bird?" Do and Say Two brothers once lived down this way. And one was... | |
 | 1917 - 506 pages
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