Sirach 32:8-10

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁸Speak concisely, say much in few words;
be as one who knows and yet holds his tongue.
⁹Among the great do not act as their equal;
and when another is speaking, do not babble.

¹⁰Lightning speeds before the thunder,
and approval precedes a modest man.

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