Wisdom and the Acceptance of Reality

1

Surely there be many things that increase vanitie: and what auaileth it man?

2

For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?

3

A good name is better then a good oyntment, and the day of death, then the day that one is borne.

4

It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting, because this is the ende of all men: and the liuing shall lay it to his heart.

5

Anger is better then laughter: for by a sad looke the heart is made better.

6

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

7

Better it is to heare ye rebuke of a wise man, then that a man should heare the song of fooles.

8

For like ye noyse of the thornes vnder the pot, so is the laughter of the foole: this also is vanitie.

9

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad: and the rewarde destroyeth the heart.

10

The ende of a thing is better then the beginning thereof, and the pacient in spirit is better then the proude in spirit.

Reading Style

Typeface

Font Size 19px

Reading Width 45 chars

Options