Ecclesiastes 7:6-8

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁶ It is better to be rebuked by a wise man, than to be deceived by the flattery of fools.

⁷ For as the crackling of thorns burning under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool: now this also is vanity.

⁸ Oppression troubleth the wise, and shall destroy the strength of his heart.