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Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench;
so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
Wisdom and Folly
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right,
but a fool’s heart to the left.
but a fool’s heart to the left.
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense,
and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler:
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking on the ground like slaves.
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
He who digs a pit will fall into it,
and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.
and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
He who quarries stones is hurt by them,
and he who splits logs is endangered by them.
and he who splits logs is endangered by them.
Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby.
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
If the serpent bites before it is charmed,
there is no advantage to the charmer.
there is no advantage to the charmer.
Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness,
and the end of his talk is evil madness.
and the end of his talk is evil madness.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
A fool multiplies words,
though no man knows what is to be,
and who can tell him what will be after him?
though no man knows what is to be,
and who can tell him what will be after him?
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
The toil of a fool wearies him,
for he does not know the way to the city.
for he does not know the way to the city.
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child,
and your princes feast in the morning!
and your princes feast in the morning!
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility,
and your princes feast at the proper time,
for strength, and not for drunkenness!
and your princes feast at the proper time,
for strength, and not for drunkenness!
Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
Through sloth the roof sinks in,
and through indolence the house leaks.
and through indolence the house leaks.
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
Bread is made for laughter,
and wine gladdens life,
and money answers everything.
and wine gladdens life,
and money answers everything.
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
Even in your thoughts, do not curse the king,
nor in your bedroom curse the rich,
for a bird of the air will carry your voice,
or some winged creature tell the matter.
nor in your bedroom curse the rich,
for a bird of the air will carry your voice,
or some winged creature tell the matter.
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.