Ecclesiastes 9:15-17

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁵ Now there was found in it a man poor and wise, and he delivered the city by his wisdom, and no man afterward remembered that poor man.

¹⁶ And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard?

¹⁷ The words of the wise are heard in silence, more than the cry of a prince among fools.