Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life. From LearnThat.org. [Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 284-c.184 BC), ancient Roman playwright.]
An astute and sagacious statesman. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a sagacious lawyer. From Dictionary.com.
All the more perhaps for that, she was born sagacious, which is. From Wordnik.com. [Erema] Reference
He was a man of large wealth, and well known as a sagacious financier. From Wordnik.com. [Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians] Reference
At least it could hardly be called sagacious generalship on the part of the stadholder. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
All the more perhaps for that, she was born sagacious, which is a less pleasing, but, in a bitter pinch, a more really useful, quality. From Wordnik.com. [Erema — My Father's Sin] Reference
Forty years after Benjamin worked in Palmer's printing-office, he visited England in the service of his country, widely known as a sagacious statesman and profound philosopher. From Wordnik.com. [The Printer Boy. Or How Benjamin Franklin Made His Mark. An Example for Youth.] Reference
A prominent position, and was known as a sagacious counsellor, a persuasive speaker, a ready and effective debater, and a good steady worker on Committees. From Wordnik.com. [An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada] Reference
For example, if you have these two different words with a similar meaning to describe a man "sagacious" and "wise". From Wordnik.com. [AdesBlog.com] Reference
The Sage of Baltimore was not always so sagacious. From Wordnik.com. [Ephemera in Full] Reference
He was one of the most sagacious politicians of his day. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
Here is one of those sagacious historical scepticisms, in which. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
Nora was not inclined to be influenced by her more sagacious sister. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
A more sagacious or a more gallant warrior does not, I believe, exist. From Wordnik.com. [Tecumseh A Chronicle of the Last Great Leader of His People; Vol. 17 of Chronicles of Canada] Reference
He was prudent, sagacious, and valiant, as I shall relate in the Third. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Incas] Reference
Events soon justified the apprehensions of the sensitive, but sagacious. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
I'll admit she is a sagacious and compelling person, perhaps wise beyond words. From Wordnik.com. [Blurbmonger] Reference
He was stout of heart, and strong of hand -- he was calm, sagacious, unterrified. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
The horse, in like manner, is proverbially sagacious in the application of his knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education] Reference
Boab was not intractable, but he was sagacious; he had been fed on that sort of chaff too long. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
Martin Van Buren, to whom he was greatly attached, often spoke of him as 'The sagacious Sammy.'. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
He was not a philanthropist, but a sagacious ruler, and the author of Latin colonies in the West. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
True that, for some time, the sagacious had shaken their heads and said, "Ministers could not last.". From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
"And," pursued Miss Arthur, graciously, "you are really quite a sagacious and discreet young person.". From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
And our own Hooke thought himself equally sagacious, in his day, when he adopted this interpretation. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
Burns is a sagacious observer of men and things, and makes occasionally such shrewd remarks as this. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
Few people know how wonderful, intelligent, and sagacious a dachshund can become under proper treatment. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
It is a very sagacious and exquisitely smelling Creature, and much Cunning and Craft is required to hunt him. From Wordnik.com. [The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing] Reference
Some of the latter, included among the occasional works, are sagacious and prudent and deserve careful study. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
She was sagacious, and on several occasions he had seen her unveil plots which he thought were well contrived. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
His sister, who kept his house, was a good and sensible woman, and Dr. Burroughs himself was reputed to be a sagacious man. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
He was the first officer of the crown, the most able man in the kingdom, prudent, sagacious and devoted to the royal party. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Bruce had displayed such integrity of purpose, sagacious statesmanship, and tireless industry that his election to the United. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922] Reference
"Obama is a guy who understands the world through liberation theology, which is oppressor-and-victim," said the sagacious Beck. From Wordnik.com. [John Shore: And Yada, Yada, Yada ... Glenn Beck's a Christian] Reference
To ensure success the sagacious quadruped is to be trained to step accidentally on the toes of those persons who ignore its appeal. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 8, 1914] Reference
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