“Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.”
Ecclesiastes 10:1 (KJV) |
Ecclesiastes 10:1
From Ecclesiastes 10, in the Book of Ecclesiastes (Old Testament).
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Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
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A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.
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Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.