Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
Better is an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.
Better is a meal of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred therewith.
Proverbs — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
P R O V E R B S CHAP. XV. The Proper Use of the Tongue. 1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. Solomon, as conservator of the public peace, here tells us, 1. How the peace may be kept, that we may know…