“The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.”
Source: Pride and Prejudice
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Original: Viviamo in un mondo di illusioni, dove i più saggi, in silenzio, assistono ad un'infinità di ridicole azioni.
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“The greatest Clerkes be not the wisest men.”
Part II, chapter 5.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
AJENCIS, THE THIRD ANALYTIC OF MEN.
The White Luck Warrior (2011)
“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.”
“A little nonsense now and then
Is relished by the wisest men.”
This appears to be an anonymous proverb of unknown authorship, only occasionally attributed to Addison.
Misattributed
“A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.”
Not original to this work, the proverb dates from at least the 18th century.
Source: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (1972), Ch. 12, 'Back to The Chocolate Factory' (p.88 in the Paperback edition (1998) from Puffin)
“The wisest man is the silent one. Examine his actions. Judge him by them.”
Source: Bloodfever