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• Presents and gifts blind a wise man's eyes; like a muzzle they silence the conscientious. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 29)

• The wise man's knowledge spreads out like a flood and his advice is like a spring. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 13)

• If an educated man hears a wise saying he values it and adds another. If the good-for-nothing hears it he is annoyed and tosses it over his shoulder. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 15)

• The fool's talk weighs like a load while the wise man's words give rest. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 16)

• The assembly awaits the wise man's words; each one takes to heart whatever he says. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 17)

• Strangers speak thoughtlessly of everything, while wise men's words are carefully weighed. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 25)

• The heart of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of the wise is in their heart. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 26)

• What a great thing is old age with sound judgment, an old man who can counsel! (Ecclesiasticus 25, 4)

• The wise man's conversation follows wisdom all the time. In contrast, the fool changes like the moon. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 11)

• If there is a concert, refrain from speaking; it is not the time for playing the wise man. (Ecclesiasticus 32, 4)

• The wise man never departs from the Law; he who only pretends to keep it is like a storm-tossed boat. (Ecclesiasticus 33, 2)

• A man may be wise, but if his words are rejected he will end up starving, (Ecclesiasticus 37, 20)