Sirach 25:2-4

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²I hate three kinds of people,
and I loathe their manner of life:
a pauper who boasts, a rich person who lies,
and an old fool who commits adultery.

³If you gathered nothing in your youth,
how can you find anything in your old age?
⁴How attractive is sound judgment in the gray-haired,
and for the aged to possess good counsel!

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