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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 should take this to heart.
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Verse 2. Name. “It is necessary for the sake of others,” (Saint Augustine de B. Vid. xxii.) particularly for those who have to direct souls. Saint Gregory in Ezec. Calmet.—In this second part is shewn that felicity is procured by a good life. Worthington.—Death. Speaking of the just, for death is the beginning of sorrows to the wicked. Calmet.—Some nations mourned on the birth-day of their children. Val. Max. ii. 6. Eurip in Ctes.
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