Sirach 32:8-10

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁸Be brief; say much in few words;
be as one who knows and can still hold his tongue.
⁹Among the great do not act as their equal;
and when another is speaking, do not babble.

¹⁰Lightning travels ahead of the thunder,
and approval goes before one who is modest.

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