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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.

Better [is] sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.

The heart of the wise [is] in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.

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