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1 Better is a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth. 2 Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth it unto his heart. 3 Better is sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better. 4 The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth. 5 Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than for a man to hear a song of fools, 6 For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So is the laughter of a fool, even this is vanity. 7 Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart. 8 Better is the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better is the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth. Ecclesiastes 7:1-9, Young's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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