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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.
A wise man’s heart is at his right hand,
But a fool’s heart at his left.
But a fool’s heart at his left.
A wise man’s heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man’s heart directs him toward the left.
Even when a fool walks along the way,
He lacks wisdom,
And he shows everyone that he is a fool.
He lacks wisdom,
And he shows everyone that he is a fool.
Even when the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool.
If the ruler’s temper rises against you, do not abandon your position, because composure allays great offenses.
There is an evil I have seen under the sun,
As an error proceeding from the ruler:
As an error proceeding from the ruler:
There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler —
folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.
I have seen servants on horses,
While princes walk on the ground like servants.
While princes walk on the ground like servants.
I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the land.
He who digs a pit will fall into it,
And whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a serpent.
And whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a serpent.
He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall.
He who quarries stones may be hurt by them,
And he who splits wood may be endangered by it.
And he who splits wood may be endangered by it.
He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and he who splits logs may be endangered by them.
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 serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious,
But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up;
But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up;
Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;
The words of his mouth begin with foolishness,
And the end of his talk is raving madness.
And the end of his talk is raving madness.
the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness.
A fool also multiplies words.
No man knows what is to be;
Who can tell him what will be after him?
No man knows what is to be;
Who can tell him what will be after him?
Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?
The labor of fools wearies them,
For they do not even know how to go to the city!
For they do not even know how to go to the city!
The toil of a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a 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 you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning.
Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles,
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 are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time — for strength and not for drunkenness.
Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks.
A feast is made for laughter,
And wine makes merry;
But money answers everything.
And wine makes merry;
But money answers everything.
Men prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything.
Do not curse the king, even in your thought;
Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom;
For a bird of the air may carry your voice,
And a bird in flight may tell the matter.
Do not curse the rich, even in your bedroom;
For a bird of the air may carry your voice,
And a bird in flight may tell the matter.
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.