The wise man through an excess of wisdom is made a fool. Auteur: Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Quote More from Ralph Waldo Emerson “Men do what is called a good action, as some piece of courage or charity, much …” “The peril of every fine faculty is the delight of playing with it for pride. Ta…” “brings domesticity and common sense, and that propriety which every man loves, …” “All great speakers were bad speakers at first.”