Ecclesiastes 7:1-3

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A Collection of Wise Teachings

7 A good reputation is better than expensive pleasures.^[a]
    The day someone dies is better than the day they were born.
²It is better to go to a funeral than to a party,
    because everyone must die,
    and the living need to remember this.

³Sorrow is even better than laughter,
because when our face is sad, our heart becomes good.

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Footnotes

Ecclesiastes 7:1 A good reputation … pleasures Literally, “better a name than good perfume.” This is a wordplay in Hebrew. The word for “name” and the word for “perfume” sound alike.