Holy Scripture
Ecclesiastes 9:15
A church father on this verse
“"This, too, I have observed about wisdom under the sun, and it affected me profoundly: there was a small town with only a few inhabitants; and a mighty king came upon it and surrounded it, and built great siege works over it. Present in the city was a poor wise man who by his wisdom saved the town. Yet no one remember…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
15And should find in it a poor wise man, And he should save the city through his wisdom: Yet no man would remember that poor man.
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13This I also saw to be wisdom under the sun, And it is great before me:
14Suppose there were a little city, and few men in it; And there should come against it a great king, and surround it, And build great mounds against it;
— Ecclesiastes 9:15 —
16And I said, Wisdom is better than power: Yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nought, And his words not listened to.
17The words of the wise are heard in quiet More than the cry of them that rule in folly.