Wise Men

Wise men can refer to:

  • Biblical Magi, the "wise men" who follow the Star of Bethlehem in the New Testament
  • Fu Lu Shou, personified deities of good fortune, prosperity, and longevity in Chinese Buddhism and Taoism
  • The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made, a 1986 book about the group of foreign policy elders during the Cold War by Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas
  • Wise Men, a 2013 novel by Stuart Nadler
  • Wise Men of Gotham
  • Three Wise Men (cocktail), a drink made from a mixture of three different types of whiskey
  • Wisemen (rap group)
  • Wisemen, a pop rock song by James Blunt

Famous quotes containing the words wise men, wise and/or men:

    But wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten words again to visible things; so that picturesque language is at once a commanding certificate that he who employs it, is a man in alliance with truth and God.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.
    Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842–1911)

    His words and attitudes always suppose a better state of things than other men are acquainted with, and he will be the last man to be disappointed as the ages revolve.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)