List of people known as Sage
A sage is a wise old man. The following people were known as "sage" during their lifetimes:
- Thomas Jefferson, the Sage of Monticello[1]
- Thomas Carlyle, the Sage of Chelsea[2]
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Sage of Concord[3]
- H. L. Mencken, the Sage of Baltimore[4]
- Warren Buffett, the Sage of Omaha[5] (also known as the Wizard of Omaha[6] and the Oracle of Omaha[7])
- Richard Murphy, the Sage of Downham Market,[8] then Sage of Ely[9]
The following people were known as "sage" after their death:
- Wang Xizhi, the Sage of Calligraphy[10]
- George Orwell, the Sage of Wallington[11]
References
- ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TvMaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA243&dq="sage+of+monticello"
- ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dBVbAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA8-PA39&dq="sage+of+Chelsea"
- ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dBVbAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA8-PA39&dq="sage+of+Concord"
- ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3UwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA52&dq="sage+of+baltimore"
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/20/your-money/20iht-mbuff.t.html
- ↑ http://archive.fortune.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/04/11/70414/index.htm
- ↑ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-berkshire-buffett-loeb-idUSKBN0NS0DB20150507
- ↑ http://www.timworstall.com/2014/10/03/competition-shows-that-people-dont-want-choice/
- ↑ http://www.timworstall.com/2016/05/13/oh-dear-lord-charles-pooter-is-alive-and-well/
- ↑ https://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/callig/7calsixd.htm
- ↑ http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2014/03/calling-things-by-their-proper-names.html
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