A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

The saying contrasts two kinds of “good”: the good produced by knowledge and the good produced by a pacific disposition. It suggests that learning, while valuable, can remain abstract or even become contentious if it is not joined to humility and a commitment to concord. A “peaceful man” (one who reconciles, calms, and refuses rancor) benefits others immediately through the social and moral atmosphere he creates—often enabling cooperation, charity, and clear judgment. Read this way, the line is less anti-intellectual than it is a prioritization of virtue over mere attainment: wisdom is measured by the fruits it bears in community, and peaceableness is presented as a practical, ethically superior form of influence.