OLD TESTAMENT

Ecclesiastes 7:3

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Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

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Verse 3. Come. While at birth-day feasts (Genesis 40:20. Matthew 14:6) people give themselves up to joy, and cherish the idea of living long. Calmet.

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