Better a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to be warned.
In context
11Again: if two lie down together, they are warm; but how can one alone be warm? 12And if someone overpowers one of them, the two will stand against him; and a cord of three strands is not quickly torn. 13Better a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to be warned. 14For he came out of the prison house to reign, though in that very kingdom he had been born poor. 15I saw all the living who walk about under the sun, along with the second youth who was to stand up in his place.
