Holy Scripture
Ecclesiastes 7:5
A church father on this verse
“For most people it seems to be right to avoid the critique of a wise man, especially if they like to sin. Whoever desires amusement and sin avoids the person who wants to hinder it. Whoever has no insight is pleased with flatterers, preferring flattery to critique. It is the characteristic of the wise man that he crit…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
5It is better to hear a reproof of a wise man, Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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3Sorrow is better than laughter: For by the sadness of the countenance the heart will be made better.
4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
— Ecclesiastes 7:5 —
6As the sound of thorns under a caldron, So is the laughter of fools: This is also vanity.
7For oppression makes a wise man mad, And destroys his noble heart.