Kohelet 7:6-8

Orthodox Jewish Bible

⁶ For as is the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the kesil; this also is hevel.

⁷ Surely oppression maketh a chacham mad; and a bribe corrupts the heart.

⁸ Better is the acharit (end) of a thing than the reshit (beginning) thereof; and erech ruach (patience) is better than gavoah ruach (haughtiness).