wise man

Simply maintaining its funny wouldn’t be especially remarkable, regardless of Ford’s admirable comic timing as the group’s unofficially patriarch/wise man/curmudgeon.

He may also seek to re-establish himself as a respected wise man of British tech.

He's a wise man for someone who isn't that old.

Well, it’s like a wise man once said:

“It never went away / The feeling’s just the same / Every time I see your face / It’s never going away,” Batiste sings, before admitting, “I thought I was a wise man / When you plan, God laughs.”