Sirach 36:23-25

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

Concerning Discrimination

²³The stomach will take any food,
    yet one food is better than another.
²⁴As the palate tastes the kinds of game,
    so an intelligent mind detects false words.
²⁵A perverse mind will cause grief,
    but a person with experience will pay him back.

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