Holy Scripture
Ecclesiastes 7:6
A church father on this verse
“Thorns that burn under a pot make loud crackling noises. This is like the laughing of the foolish. It makes noise and is crackling, but not because it educates the soul.… As the thorns produce noise when they as plants are burned under a pot, in the same way the laughter of the foolish comes out of a bad soul that is…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
6As the sound of thorns under a caldron, So is the laughter of fools: This is also vanity.
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4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5It is better to hear a reproof of a wise man, Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
— Ecclesiastes 7:6 —
7For oppression makes a wise man mad, And destroys his noble heart.
8The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: The patient is better than the high-minded.