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Ecclesiastes 7:1-8
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¶ A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
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It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
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Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
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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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It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
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¶ Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
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Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
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