Ecclesiastes 7:8 in the King James Version
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Context
7 Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.