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For who knows what is good for man in [his] life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun?

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 man; and the living will lay it to his heart.

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Don't be in a hurry in your spirit to be angry; for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Don't say, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for you do not inquire wisely concerning this.

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yes, more excellent is it for those that see the sun.

For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserves the life of him that has it.

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

It is good that you should take hold of this; yes, also from that do not withdraw your hand: for he that fears God shall come forth from them all.

for oftentimes also your own heart knows that you yourself likewise have cursed others.

Don't be in a hurry to go out of his presence; don't persist in an evil thing: for he does whatever pleases him.

For the king's word [has] power; and who may say to him, What are you doing?

for to every purpose there is a time and judgment; because the misery of man is great on him:

for he doesn't know that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?

Then I commended mirth, because man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor [all] the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for there is also one that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),

For all this I took to heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man does not know it; all is before them.

For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.