"Two pagan philosophers came to see him, [Antony] thinking they could outwit him. When he saw them, he understood from their appearance that they were pagan and going out to them he began to speak through an interpreter in the following way: why did these wise men want to put themselves to the trouble of such a long journey to visit a stupid man? When they said that he was not stupid but rather exceedingly wise, he replied pointedly, '.....if you think I am wise and that I possess wisdom, it would be a good idea for you to imitate what you approve of, for it is right to imitate good things. If I had come to you, I would imitate you, but since you have come to me in the belief that I am wise, you should be Christian like me.'" 
Athanasius, The Life of St Antony