Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
For a man to become a poet (witness Petrarch and Dante), he must be in love, or miserable.Lord Byron, Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron by Thomas Medwin (1823)
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.Ecclesiastes 9:17 KJV
Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.Ecclesiastes 9:15 KJV