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"Do not speak into the ears of the unwise. They will despise the doctrine of your eloquence. "
— Proverbs 23:9, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.”
“Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words. ”
“Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.”
“Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.”
“Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of thy speech.”
“Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.”
“Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.”
Do not eat with an envious man, and do not desire his foods.
For, like a seer and an interpreter of dreams, he presumes what he does not know. “Eat and drink,” he will say to you; and his mind is not with you.
The foods that you had eaten, you will vomit up. And you will lose the beauty in your words.
Do not speak into the ears of the unwise. They will despise the doctrine of your eloquence.
Do not touch the boundaries of little ones, and do not enter into the field of the fatherless.
For their close relative is strong, and he will judge their case against you.
Let your heart enter into doctrine, and let your ears enter into words of knowledge.