from the sagacious regulation manifested in the instincts of animals we perhaps infer too quickly the existence of a supremely sagacious being: he need only be more sagacious than we are. 

g.c.lichtenberg,
the waste books 



 i read that to r. and she said, huh! you get it?, i said? yeah, except what does sagacious mean? you serious?, i said. ok, can you now tell me what sagacious means? it means wise, i said.