Ecclesiastes 7:8
Thomson 1808
Better is a patient man than one of a haughty spirit.
Brenton 1851
The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: the patient is better than the high-minded.
Greek · Brenton
Ἀγαθὴ ἐσχάτη λόγων ὑπὲρ ἀρχὴν αὐτοῦ, ἀγαθὸν μακρόθυμος ὑπὲρ ὑψηλὸν πνεύματι.