Ecclesiastes 4:13 KJV
Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Ecclesiastes 4:13, King James Version
In context
12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
14 For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.