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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. 5 Good to hear the reproof of the wise one, above a man hearing the song of the foolish: 6 For as the voice of thorns under the pot, so the laughter of the foolish one. Also this is vanity. 7 For oppression will make foolish the wise one; and a gift will destroy the heart. 8 Good the last of a word above its beginning: good slowness of spirit above pride of spirit. 9 Thou shalt not be hastened in thy spirit to be angry, for anger shall rest in the bosom of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:1-9, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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