Proverbs 12:9
"Better to be despised and have a servant, than to be self-important and lack food."
Comment:
It is better to be unpopular but successful than to be impressive but lack substance. In the Apocrypha (Sirach 10:27) it is written, "Better is the worker who has goods in plenty than the boaster who lacks bread."
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