Commentary for Bava Kamma 184:14
אמר ליה רבא לרבה בר מרי מנא הא מילתא דאמרי אינשי קרית חברך ולא ענך רמי גודא רבה שדי ביה א"ל (יחזקאל כד, יג) יען טהרתיך ולא טהרת מטומאתך לא תטהרי עוד
— He replied: As it is written, <i>The full soul loatheth an honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. XXVII, 7. ');"><sup>24</sup></span> Raba [again] said to Rabbah b. Mari: Whence can be derived the popular saying, 'A bad palm will usually make its way to a grove of barren trees'? — He replied: This matter was written in the Pentateuch, repeated in the Prophets, mentioned a third time in the Hagiographa, and also learnt in a Mishnah and taught in a Baraitha: It is stated in the Pentateuch as written, So Esau went unto Ishmael;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XXVIII, 9. ');"><sup>25</sup></span>
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