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A Little Foolishness
Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.
Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor.
Wisdom and Folly
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink [and] ferment; [so] a little folly is weightier than wisdom [and] honour.
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink [and] ferment; [so] a little folly is weightier than wisdom [and] honour.
A wise man’s heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man’s heart directs him toward the left.
The heart of a wise [man] is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Even when the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool.
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his sense faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool.
If the ruler’s temper rises against you, do not abandon your position, because composure allays great offenses.
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for quietness pacifieth great offences.
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler —
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as an error [that] proceedeth from the ruler:
folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.
folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place.
I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the land.
I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall.
He that diggeth a pit falleth into it; and whoso breaketh down a hedge, a serpent biteth him.
He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and he who splits logs may be endangered by them.
Whoso removeth stones is hurt therewith; he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.
If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success.
If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he apply more strength; but wisdom is profitable to give success.
If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
If the serpent bite before enchantment, then the charmer hath no advantage.
Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool swallow up himself.
the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
And the fool multiplieth words: [yet] man knoweth not what shall be; and what shall be after him, who will tell him?
The toil of a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city.
The labour of fools wearieth them, because they know not how to go to the city.
Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning.
Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time — for strength and not for drunkenness.
Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is a son of nobles, and thy princes eat in [due] season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks.
By much sloth fulness the framework falleth in; and through idleness of the hands the house drippeth.
Men prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything.
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh life merry; but money answereth everything.
Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound and the winged creature will make the matter known.
Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for the bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which hath wings will tell the matter.