5It is better to hear a reproof of a wise man, Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6As the sound of thorns under a caldron, So is the laughter of fools: This is also vanity.
7For oppression makes a wise man mad, And destroys his noble heart.
8The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: The patient is better than the high-minded.
Ecclesiastes 7
Ecclesiastes 7:5-8