Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Heard? Ecclesiasticus xiii. 28. Men are so unjust as to despise wisdom, if it be in a poor man. The prudence of an individual has often saved cities, as was the case at Abela, and Bethulia; (2 Kings xx. 22.; Calmet) and Syracuse was defended a long time by Archimedes against the whole Roman army. (Plut. in Marcel.)
