Desert Fathers, on Prov 18:13

“He that answereth before he heareth sheweth himself to be a fool, and worthy of confusion.”

“A brother said to Poemen, 'If I see something wrong do you want me to tell you about it?' He said to him, 'It is written, "If a man answers before he has heard, it is foolishness to him and discredit" (Sirach 11:8). If you are asked, speak; if not, say nothing.'”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.