Ecclesiastes Rabbah 9:17

¹“The words of the wise, softly spoken, are better heard than the cry of a ruler of fools” (Ecclesiastes 9:17). “The words of the wise, softly spoken, are better heard” – these are the expounders, “than the cry of a ruler of fools” – these are the disseminators who stand before the public. Alternatively, “the words of the wise, softly spoken, are better heard” – this is Amram and his court. Rabbi Bon said: They reached a consensus behind the partition or behind the fence; they said: ‘What good it is that we marry women, beget children, and [the Egyptians] cast them into the Nile? Will the world be sustained in this manner?’ “Than the cry of a ruler of fools” – this is Pharaoh, who decreed: “Every son who is born [you shall cast him into the Nile]” (Exodus 1:22), but it was not adjudged that his decree would be observed. ).