The greatest scholars are not usually the wisest people.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.
The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.
The wise are above books.
The wisest have the most authority.
No single person can possess the wisdom to chart our course.
The wisest of the wise may err.
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
Many sophisticated, intelligent people lack wisdom and common sense.
There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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