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Better a name, than precious ointment, - and the day of death, than the day of one's birth.

Better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of banqueting, for, that, is the end of all men, - and, the living, should take it to his heart.

Better is grief than laughter, - for, by the marring of the face, amended is the heart.

The heart of the wise, is in the house of mourning, but, the heart of dullards, in the house of mirth.

Better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for any man to hear the song of dullards,

For, as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so, is the laughter of the dullard, - even this, then, was vanity.