Sirach 6:4-6

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁴Evil passion destroys those who have it,
and makes them the laughing-stock of their enemies.

Friendship, False and True

⁵Pleasant speech multiplies friends,
and a gracious tongue multiplies courtesies.
⁶Let those who are friendly with you be many,
but let your advisers be one in a thousand.

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