## Mivchar HaPeninim Chapter 36

###### Mivchar HaPeninim 36:1
[Mivchar HaPeninim 36:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mivchar%20HaPeninim/r/36:1)

אמר החכם יש שתהיה החכמה נמבזה במסכנות והאולת תכסה בעושר:

**A Choice of Pearls, English translation by B.H. Ascher, London 1859:**
375. THE sage observes, The wisdom of the poor is often despised, but riches cover folly.


###### Mivchar HaPeninim 36:2
[Mivchar HaPeninim 36:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mivchar%20HaPeninim/r/36:2)

ואמר עושר האדם יכסה את מומיו ומצדיקו בכזביו. ושכל הרש נבזה. וחכמתו נחשבת לאולת:

**A Choice of Pearls, English translation by B.H. Ascher, London 1859:**
376. He further observed, the wealth of a man conceals his failings, and justifies perfidy; but the intelligence of the poor is contemned, and his wisdom is counted as folly.