Ecclesiastes 9:15-18

CAB(i) 15 and 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. 16 And I said, Wisdom is better than power; yet the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not listened to. 17 The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of them that rule in folly. 18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; and one sinner will destroy much good.