10 1 The difference of foolishness and wisdom. 11 A slanderer is like a serpent that cannot be charmed. 16 Of foolish kings and drunken princes, 17 And of good Kings and Princes.

Dead flies cause to stink, and putrefy the ointment of the apothecary: so doth a little folly him that is in estimation for wisdom, and for glory.

The heart of a [a]wise man is at his right hand: but the heart of a fool is at his left hand.

And also when the fool goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he [b]telleth unto all that he is a fool.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 10:2 So that he doeth all things well and justly, where as the fool doeth the contrary.
  2. Ecclesiastes 10:3 By his doings he betrayeth himself.

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