Sirach 38:23-25

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²³ When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance cease,
    and be comforted for him when his spirit has departed.

²⁴ The wisdom of the scribe depends on the opportunity of leisure;
    and he who has little business may become wise.
²⁵ How can he become wise who handles the plow,
    and who glories in the shaft of a goad,
who drives oxen and is occupied with their work,
    and whose talk is about^[a] bulls?