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This too I saw as wisdom under the sun, and it impressed me:

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

there was a small city with few men in it, and a great king came to it, surrounded it, and constructed large siegeworks against it.

There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:

But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

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

So I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." But the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are ignored.

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

The words of the wise heard in calm are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.