Quotes About Sagacity

Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue," resumed the whisper.

They aren't the brightest crayons in the box -Max(saving the world and other extreme sports)

One who never anticipates deceit or expects duplicity, and yet is the first to recognize such things – is that not a sage indeed?

...winking all the way as a vent for his superfluous sagacity...

He had that rarest of all things, common sense.

A Persian fairy tale tells of the Three Princes of Serendip, who "were always making discoveries, by accident and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of."7 Creativity in the wild operates much like that.

Don't cater to stupidity.

Common sense is calculation applied to life.

Clever men will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.

Speransky, either because he appreciated Prince Andrey's abilities or because he thought it as well to secure his adherence, showed off his calm, impartial sagacity before Prince Andrey, and flattered him with that delicate flattery that goes hand in hand with conceit, and consists in a tacit assumption that one's companion and oneself are the only people capable of understanding all the folly of the rest of the world and the sagacity and profundity of their own ideas.

Listo es el que hace listezas.

Laugh, if thou art wise.

Goodness is helpless without wits

Whatever faults he had, stupidity wasn't one of them.

Youth and vigor are no match for age and treachery.

Stupidity is not my favourite thing; I cannot deal with it.

Be Good. But don't be a fool.

You know what lasts longer than beauty? Being smart.

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know of: abide by it; it will counsel you best.

Common sense is the best sense I know of

Smart people don't have the luxury of playing stupid.

Knowledge counts but common sense matters.

Genius always gives its best at first prudence, at last.