 | William Jay - 1832 - 704 páginas
...Familiar thoughts will smooth the road to death :" and the royal preacher tells us, "sorrow is better than laughter ; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go the house of feasting : for that is the end... | |
 | Francis Bragge - 1833 - 284 páginas
...and therefore he says, Sorrow is better than laughter: — for by it the heart is made better ; and the heart of the wise is in the house of' mourning...but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth*. And elsewhere, it is the rod that gives wisdom0, because it is attended with sorrow, which makes people... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 páginas
...feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrowisbetterthan laughter ; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning : but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.... | |
 | Henry Fergus - 1833 - 294 páginas
...our nature, says, " It is better to go to the house of mourning than go to the house of feasting ; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better." Our sufferings and sorrows, even when they produce no salutary effect on ourselves, may prove beneficial... | |
 | S. T. Sturtevant - 1834 - 662 páginas
...with reference to an end. He compares it with certain improvements which he supposes it to produce ; " for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better." Now, if great and lasting benefits are found to result from visiting the house of mourning, these may... | |
 | 1835 - 1176 páginas
...Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 4. them that 5. It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,than for a man to hear the song of fools. 6. For as... | |
 | 2003 - 322 páginas
...not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear rilled with hearing. Ecclesiastes 1:8. 7 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the...The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning. Ecclesiastes 7:3-4. 8 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow... | |
 | Rosemary Mahoney - 2004 - 422 páginas
...running? It was doubly impossible to imagine him laughing. I didn't agree with the Solomonic view that "the heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth" (Ecclesiastes 7:4). Humor seemed to me the height of wisdom, and it disappointed me that there was... | |
 | Carol J. Singley - 2003 - 346 páginas
...between person and thing (213). The novel's title encodes this anxiety. Taken from Eccelsiastes 7.4 — "The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth" (New Oxford Annotated Bible) — the title poses a crucial choice: is the American "house" to be the... | |
 | Art E. Christmas - 2003 - 106 páginas
...writer of Ecclesiastes says, "Sorrow is better than laughter, because a sad face is good for the heart. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure." (Ecclesiastes 7:3,4) Think about that for a moment. How in the world could sorrow be better... | |
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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 will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.... 
