Ben Sira 32:8

8 Come to the point and say it all in a few words. Show that you are well-informed, but stay quiet.

Ben Sira 32:8 In-Context

6 Good music and good wine - an emerald set in gold.

7 If you are young, don't speak unless you have to, but never more than twice, and only if someone speaks to you first.

8 Come to the point and say it all in a few words. Show that you are well-informed, but stay quiet.

9 Don't treat important people as if you were their equal and don't make a nuisance of yourself by asking them a lot of questions.

10 The reputation of a modest person goes before him, as lightning before thunder.