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His father, assuming the look of extreme sapiency, which is always worn by the interrogator who does not desire or expect to increase his knowledge by his questions, asked: "What's this, Simon?"

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

"It is the sapiency of fools, To shrink from handling evil tools."

From The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete by Meredith, George

Storri was by no means wise after the manner of a Franklin or a Humboldt or a Herschel; but he did possess the deep sapiency of the serpent or the fox.

From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry