Found 662 Results for: Wise Words

• Work from skilled hands will earn its praise, but a leader of the people must be skilful in words. (Ecclesiasticus 9, 17)

• A wise slave will have free men waiting on him, and the enlightened will not complain. (Ecclesiasticus 10, 25)

• Do not affect to treat him as an equal, do not trust his flow of words; since all this talking is expressly meant to test you, under cover of geniality he will be weighing you up. (Ecclesiasticus 13, 11)

• Listen to me, my child, and learn knowledge, and give your whole mind to my words. (Ecclesiasticus 16, 24)

• My child, do not temper your favours with blame nor any of your gifts with words that hurt. (Ecclesiasticus 18, 15)

• The wise will be cautious in everything, in sinful times will take care not to offend. (Ecclesiasticus 18, 27)

• There is the person who keeps quiet and is considered wise, another incurs hatred for talking too much. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 5)

• The wise will keep quiet till the right moment, but a garrulous fool will always misjudge it. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 7)

• The wise wins love with words, while fools may shower favours in vain. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 13)

• The wise gains advancement by words, the shrewd wins favour from the great. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 27)

• Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise and stifle rebukes like a muzzle on the mouth. (Ecclesiasticus 20, 29)

• If the educated hears a wise saying, he praises it and caps it with another; if a debauchee hears it, he does not like it and tosses it behind his back. (Ecclesiasticus 21, 15)