Sirach 22:9-11

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⁹ Whoever teaches a fool is like one who glues potsherds together
    or who rouses a sleeper from deep slumber.
¹⁰ Whoever tells a story to a fool tells it to a drowsy man,
    and at the end he will say, “What is it?”
¹¹ Weep for the dead, for they have left the light behind,
    and weep for the fool, for they have left intelligence behind.
Weep less bitterly for the dead, for they are at rest,
    but the life of the fool is worse than death.^(A)