And to describe them as
wise men sounds to me like a downright contradiction in terms.
It hath been observed, by wise men or women, I forget which, that all persons are doomed to be in love once in their lives.
He was one of those wise men who regard beauty in the other sex as a very worthless and superficial qualification; or, to speak more truly, who rather chuse to possess every convenience of life with an ugly woman, than a handsome one without any of those conveniences.
Therefore a wise prince ought to hold a third course by choosing the
wise men in his state, and giving to them only the liberty of speaking the truth to him, and then only of those things of which he inquires, and of none others; but he ought to question them upon everything, and listen to their opinions, and afterwards form his own conclusions.
For the
wise men in our country say that to see all things, or as they express it, OMNIVIDENCE, is the attribute of God alone." There was something of scorn in the voice of my Teacher as he made answer: "Is it so indeed?
"Master," said Gossip Tourangeau, as he took leave of the archdeacon, "I love
wise men and great minds, and I hold you in singular esteem.
Besides, it is for the sake of the soul that these things are desirable; and it is on this account that
wise men should desire them, not the soul for them.
That which is past is gone, and irrevocable; and
wise men have enough to do, with things present and to come; therefore they do but trifle with themselves, that labor in past matters.
WITH a giant toothy reindeer, a warehouse full of pants and a mischievous nod towards It's A Wonderful Life, No
Wise Men is a long way from traditional panto.
But John Nicholson, of theatre company Peepolyksus, began planning No
Wise Men just after we all boxed up our decorations at the beginning of this year.
Things have got so bad that this bunch are planning to save money by rewriting the greatest story ever told with an absurd plan to scrap the three
wise men from their city's nativity display.
French President Nikolas Sarkozy's recent proposal to set up a special committee of
wise men' to contribute to ongoing discussion on the future of Europe's political project is winning growing support in the EU.
Wise Men - (New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born; the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them