Sirach 32:13 CPDV

¹¹  If you have been asked twice, let your response be concise.

¹²  In many matters, be as if you lack knowledge, and listen silently as well as intently.

¹³  In the midst of great men, you should not be presumptuous. And where the elders are present, you should not speak much.

¹⁴  Lightning goes before a hailstorm, and grace goes before modesty. And so, for your reverence, good graces will be added to you.

¹⁵  And at the hour for rising, you should not be lax. Later, be the first to run ahead to your house, and there withdraw, and there take your pastime.