> > As a wise man once said, it’s such a fine line between stupid and clever. > That man was not terribly wise, actually: he was the David St. Hubbins characte

> > As a wise man once said, it’s such a fine line between stupid and clever. > That man was not terribly wise, actually: he was the David St. Hubbins character in the 1984 rock and roll satire film This Is Spinal Tap. I think that the idiom "as a wise man once said" is not meant to be read so literally. I've always taken it more to mean essentially "here's a quote with which I agree."