Homo Quote by Donald Johanson

“The anthropologists got it wrong when they named our species Homo sapiens ('wise man'). In any case it's an arrogant and bigheaded thing to…

— Terry Pratchett

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.

— Plutarch

“Technically, our name, to those who speak science, is Homo sapiens— wise person. But we have been described in many other ways. Homo narrans,…

— China Miéville

We are called to be led by men.

— Mark Robinson

Some men are wise some are otherwise

— Russyb

To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do is style.

— Roger Ascham

A wise man is a human being of vast understanding and keen mind. And a heart that really cares~

— Rolly Magallanes

Men=earthbound creatures, living in communities, endowed with common sense, sensus communis, a community sense; not autonomous, needing each other’s company even for thinking (“freedom…

— Hannah

Think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do.

— Aristotle

“Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they're fools, and fools who think they are wise.”

— Socrates

Who are we? That is the big question. And essentially we are just an upright, walking, big brained, super intelligent ape.

— Louise Leakey

Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them.

— R. H. Tawney