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• It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting.
  -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes vii, 2...
• Be not righteous overmuch. -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes vii, 16
• A living dog is better than a dead lion. -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes ix, 4
• Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
  -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes v, 5...
• A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxii, 1
• As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool.
  -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes vii, 6...
• God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
  -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes vii, 29...
• In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider.
  -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes vii, 14...
• One man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
  -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes vii, 28...