Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 20:19-23 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

19. An impolite person is like one of those indecent stories that ignorant people are always telling.

20. Nobody takes a proverb seriously when some fool quotes it at the wrong time.

21. If a person is too poor to afford sin, he can rest without a guilty conscience.

22. You can lose all your self-respect by being reluctant to speak up in the presence of stupidity.

23. If you promise a friend something because you are too bashful to say no, you're making an enemy needlessly.

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