Peut être l'homme sage cherche à utiliser ses connaissances pour des bonnes causes. Et l'abruti pour des mauvaises causes. La citation est de John Ray une botanique/zoologiste protestant. Il écrit des citations comme ça :
“Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.”
“He is wise that can make a friend of a foe.”
“A pound of worry won't pay an ounce of debt.”
“He that uses many words for explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink.”
“The honester the man, the worse luck.”
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.