Usage examples of "sage" in French with translation to English

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Ce fut une sage décision. It was wise decision.
Il est suffisamment sage pour ne pas croire à une telle chose. He knows better than to believe such a thing.
Le taoïsme fut fondé sur les enseignements de Laotseu, un sage né en 604 avant J-C. dans la province actuelle du Henan. Taoism was founded on the teachings of Laozi, a sage born in 604 B.C. in present-day Henan Province.
Il est plus intelligent que sage. He is more clever than wise.
Ce n'est pas parce qu'il est bon qu'il est forcément sage. Because he is good, it does not follow that he is wise.
Tom est plus sage qu'intelligent. Tom is more wise than clever.
Elle est plus sage qu'intelligente. She is more wise than clever.
Il devint plus sage en vieillissant. He became wiser as he grew older.
Bien qu'étant jeune, il est sage. Though young, he is wise.
Il est plus rusé (astucieux) que sage. He is more crafty than wise.
Un sage dirigeant sait quand à écouter. A wise leader knows when to follow.
Il jugea plus sage de rester silencieux. He judged it wiser to remain silent.
Un mot est assez pour un homme sage. A word is enough to a wise man.
On a jamais rien dit de plus sage. Wiser words were never spoken.
Il serait probablement sage que tu restasses silencieux. You might be wise to remain silent.
Elle est plus âgée et plus sage, maintenant. She is older and wiser now.
Il serait probablement sage que tu restes silencieux. You might be wise to remain silent.
Elle est plus sage que je ne le suis. She is wiser than I am.
Un homme sage n'agirait pas de cette manière. A wise man would not act in that way.
Il est de loin le plus sage des trois. He is by far the wisest of the three.
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