Ecc 10:1 | CPDV | STEP | Dying flies ruin the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a brief and limited foolishness.

‏ Ecclesiastes 10:1

Observations on wisdom and folly, ambition and detraction.

1 Dying flies ruin the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a brief and limited foolishness. ^{▼▼10:1The phrase ‘ad tempus’ means ‘to a time’ or ‘to a point,’ indicating not so much brevity, but the definitiveness of the ending.(Conte)}