Proverbs 17:12 Midrash

פָּג֬וֹשׁ דֹּ֣ב שַׁכּ֣וּל בְּאִ֑ישׁ וְאַל־כְּ֝סִ֗יל בְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.

Read midrashic interpretation of Proverbs 17:12: and classical rabbinic exegesis.