 | John Mason - 1999 - 220 pages
...Don't spend your life standing at the complaint counter. A wise old owl sat on an oak, The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird? (Edward H. Richards) WHAT WE TAKE FOR GRANTED TODAY SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE... | |
 | David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - 2000 - 604 pages
...Proverbial (Chinese) 3O:46 If your words are not pleasing, hold in half of them. Proverbial (Chinese) 30:47 There was an old owl lived in an oak / The more he...less he spoke, the more he heard / O, if men were all like that wise bird! Punch, 1875, Vol. 68, p. 155 30:48 JULIA [of Proteus]: His little speaking... | |
 | Redvers Brandling - 2000 - 260 pages
...which emphasises the same qualities via a 'creature' source: The wise old owl sat high in an oak, And the more he heard the less he spoke, The less he spoke the more he heard, So why can't we be like that wise old bird? Hymn suggestion Come and Praise Vol 1 'He's got the whole... | |
 | Sangharakshita - 2003 - 312 pages
...is silent is assumed to be wise — like the wise old owl in the nursery rhyme: A wise old owl sat in an oak, The more he heard, the less he spoke, The less he spoke, the more he heard, Wasn't he a wise old bird! 'All dharmas', Subhiiti, have as no-dharmas been taught by the Tathagata.... | |
 | Todd Whitaker, Douglas J. Fiore - 2001 - 212 pages
...message has made an indelible mark on me. It said: 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? Heeding this message can help us a great deal, particularly when... | |
 | Redvers Brandling - 2002 - 206 pages
...can learn it off by heart if you like.' This is the poem Jason wrote out: The wise old owl sat high in 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 wise old bird? And do you know, Jason did learn that poem. And from that... | |
 | Jacqueline Sweeney - 2002 - 84 pages
...as many goals as you can think of. Then share some of the results with the class. A wise old owl sat in an oak. The more he heard, the less he spoke; The less he spoke, the more he heard. Why aren't we all like that wise old bird? Nursery rhyme ACT! Y.1 TT What do you think this quote is... | |
 | Elsie L. Hotalen - 2002 - 108 pages
...saying that she and Sandra like to say together: The 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. The administrator is leaving to run his own nursing home in... | |
 | Richard Alan Krieger - 2007 - 344 pages
...plants, dress, music, sports, and theaters." — Spinoza "The wise old owl sat on an oak, the more he saw the less he spoke; the less he spoke the more he heard; why aren't we like that wise old bird?" Edward Hersey Richards "It is the part of a wise man to keep... | |
 | Albert Joseph Mary Shamon - 2003 - 124 pages
...affect me none, affect me none, affect me none...." A wise old owl sat on 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? Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small... | |
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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? 
