Olam 2

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it <i>seemed</i> great unto me:

<i>There was</i> a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Then said I, Wisdom <i>is</i> better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom <i>is</i> despised, and his words are not heard.

The words of wise <i>men are</i> heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Wisdom <i>is</i> better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: <i>so doth</i> a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom <i>and</i> honour.

A wise man's heart <i>is</i> at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.

Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth <i>him</i>, and he saith to every one <i>that</i> he <i>is</i> a fool.

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.