...commendable and wise listener I am 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;...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 half century, AD,...

...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...

...London Punch many years ago headed '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 will...

...not forget that Mr. Shurtleff began his 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...

...of my bill, I am a bird of few words; as the immortal poet Bromley sings: " ' 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. Oh, let us be like this wise bird.' " But I keep my watchful eye on you every night; in daytime better...

...given in some later number. RUSSELL R. LORD Battery C, Maryland Field Artillery A wise old owl sat on an oak. The more he heard the less he spoke. The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can't we all be like that bird? — Old Song. True, very true; but have you heard About the oak...

...vocation to become his bride, lighted the home fire: 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? Calvin Coolidge is. Because he has never been a "joiner," though...

...committed to memory by every nurse and doctor: ''A wise old owl sat on an oak. The more he looked, the less he spoke, The less he spoke, the more he heard. Let's imitate this wise old bird." I would say much more and take up a great deal more time, but when...

...year or two ago serve your purpose? THAT WISE OLD BIRD "A wise old owl sat in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke, the more he heard: I think I will be like that wise old bird." — SETH Low. THE WISH-DOG SOMEWHERE, I know, there's a...

...treated the best and growls the most. A REAL BIRD "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 wise old bird?" SOME ARTISTS! Mr. Roole — "Did you ever hear about that...