The wisest have the most authority.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.
A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once.
It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
The wisest of the wise may err.
The wise learn many things from their enemies.
The wise are above books.
It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless. Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best?