Who laugh at him will hold; [[34]]
When among the wise | he marks it not
Though hatred of him they speak.
[25]. The foolish man | for friends all those
Who laugh at him will hold;
But the truth when he comes | to the council he learns,
That few in his favor will speak.
[a]26]. An ignorant man | thinks that all he knows,
When he sits by himself in a corner;
But never what answer | to make he knows,