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Everywhere, in his toasts and speeches, the Prince was all praise, reminding De Gaulle of "your prestige, your wiseness, your clairvoyance, your sense of equity."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Why grow up a Boob," wrote the philosophic Mayme, "when the lil old world is full of wise guys just aking to spill their wiseness?"

From From a Bench in Our Square by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

Among all the chattering, vapid girls I know," pursued Jim, "you stand utterly alone, you with your ambitions, and your wiseness!

From The Story of Julia Page by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

I bethought it all out with tremense clearness and wiseness.

From O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 by Various

You've got New York wiseness, which means that you judge a man by the outside of his clothes.

From The Gentle Grafter by Greening, H. C.