It is better to go to the house of [a]mourning, than to go to the house of feasting, because this is the end of all men: and the living shall lay it to his heart.

Anger is better than laughter: for by a sad look the heart is made better.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning: but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 7:4 Where we may see the hand of God, and learn to examine our lives.

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