Is the sentence correct?
He is a wise rather than a sly man.

Maybe it would be better to say:
He is rather a wise than a sly man.
or
He is rather wise than sly?

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Is the sentence correct?
He is a wise rather than a sly man.

Maybe it would be better to say:
He is rather a wise than a sly man.
or 
He is rather wise than sly?

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He is wise rather than sly.

Or as Michael has suggested.

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The first one is correct. "Rather than" needs to stay together. "Rather" by itself is closer to "but" or "instead".

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If I said this naturally, I would say :

"He's more wise than sly" or 
"He's not so much sly, as wise".

("more" means "rather" in the first one)

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