We are placed in the genus of Homo, which is Latin for man - Homo sapiens: supposedly wise men. I sometimes think - wonder - whether we really are wise men.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do is style.
No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness.
We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men... We are who we are because they were who they were. It's wise to know where you come from, who called your name.
The proper study of Mankind is Man.
We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things.
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