Ben Sira 22:7

7 Trying to teach a fool is like gluing a broken pot back together, like waking someone out of a deep sleep.

Ben Sira 22:7 In-Context

5 A girl with no sense of propriety will disgrace both her husband and her father; neither will have any respect for her.

6 Lecturing your children can sometimes be as out of place as singing to people in mourning, but a whipping is a wise choice of discipline at any time.

7 Trying to teach a fool is like gluing a broken pot back together, like waking someone out of a deep sleep.

8 Explaining something to a fool is like explaining it to a sleepy person; when you have finished, he'll say, "What was that again?"