1 A good name is above good oil, and the day of death above the day of birth.

2 Good to go to the house of mourning rather than to go to the house of drinking, in that it is the end of every man; and he living shall give to his heart.

3 Good is grief above laughter: for in the illness of the face the heart shall be good.

4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; and the heart of the foolish in the house of gladness.

Ecclesiastes 7:1-4, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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