 | Jennifer Michael Hecht - Religion - 2010 - 578 pages
...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."70 Let yourself know that you are small and mortal and therefore free to go about your little... | |
 | Stephen Regan - Literary Collections - 2004 - 628 pages
...suppose, because it is not accounted wise to indulge in unavailing sorrow: it is wise to indulge in it; for, 'by the sadness of the countenance, the heart is made better:' it is wise to contemplate, often to contemplate, what we must one day be ourselves: we may run away... | |
 | Salih Alexander - Religion - 2005 - 100 pages
...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...mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. Ecclesiastes 7:2-4 Another Shade of Blue by Salih Alexander As I lay in bed Tumultuous waves Vigorously... | |
 | J. Stephen Lang - Religion - 2005 - 321 pages
...Deuteronomy, again (11:21), and also Psalms (89:29) 50. Mirth. In case you were curious, the verse reads, "The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning;...but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." 166 PART 9 CATCH THE SPIRIT THAT'S THE SPIRIT If you think the Holy Spirit is an "it," and if you spell... | |
 | Bibliography - 2005 - 212 pages
...went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden• - Genesis The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,...but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth• - Ecclesiastes Mark Helprin But who may abide the day of his Refiner's Fire coming? And who shall stand... | |
 | Christian Riegel - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 310 pages
...contrast is made more explicit, and mourning and wisdom become identified in opposition to a kind of joy: "The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning;...but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." Isaiah 60:20 promises an end to mourning: "Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw... | |
 | Walter Curtis Lichfield - Bible - 2005 - 626 pages
...of feasting: for that (is) the end of all men; and the living will lay (it) to his heart, 7:3 Sorrow (is) better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. 7:4 The heart of the wise (is) in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools (is) in the house of... | |
 | Floyd Braggs - Religion - 2005 - 242 pages
...house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart, 3 Sorrow is better than 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; hut the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.... | |
 | Robin Peel - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 364 pages
...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."80 Wharton found an endorsement for a belief in the educative value of suffering in George... | |
 | James Limburg - Religion - 2006 - 156 pages
...to heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made glad. 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools. 6 For like the crackling... | |
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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.... 
