Sirach 22:10-12

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁰ Whoever tells a story to a fool tells it to a drowsy man;
    and at the end he will say, “What is it?”
¹¹ Weep for the dead, for he has left the light behind;
    and weep for the fool, for he has left intelligence behind.
Weep less bitterly for the dead, for he is at rest;
    but the life of the fool is worse than death.
¹² Mourning for the dead lasts seven days,
    but for the foolish or the ungodly it lasts all the days of their lives.