Ecclesiastes 7:5-7

New Catholic Bible

⁵ It is better to pay heed to the rebuke of the wise
    than to listen to the songs of fools.
⁶ For like the crackling of thorns under a pot,
    so is the laughter of fools.
    This also is vanity.
⁷ Oppression can make a wise man foolish
    and a bribe corrupts the heart.