 | 1808 - 500 psl.
...all men, and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow," he continues, " is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth/'... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 psl.
...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. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.... | |
 | William Godwin - 1805 - 336 psl.
...serenity. He was a wiser man" than they, who said, " It is good to dwell in the house of mourning; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better." Certainly I found a salutary and purifying effect, in talking to the spirit of my father when I was... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 psl.
...those circum$ stances lie impressed. Sorrow, a composed, serious spirit, [is] better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better ; affliction is helpful to every grace ; it Jills the heart with humanity and compassion, and gives... | |
 | 1807 - 570 psl.
...in 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 ; but the heart of fools is in the house' of mirth.... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 558 psl.
...house of mourning, saith Solomon, than to go to the house of feasting. Sorrow is better than laughter ; for, by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better ; Eccl. vfi. 2, 3. If Job's children do but meet at a kind banquet, their father is fain to expiate... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 446 psl.
...that is the end of all men, and the living will Jay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter ; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 psl.
...is the end of all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart 3 Sorrow is better than laughter : bike his blood, and sprinkle it round aliout upon the altar. 1 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ; but the heart of fools it in the house of mirth.... | |
 | James Fordyce - 1809 - 332 psl.
...that is the end "of all men, and the living will lay it to heart. Sor" row is better than laughter : for by the sadness of " the countenance the heart is made better. The " heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ; but " the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 psl.
...12 — 14 ; Amos vi. 3—^6 ; Deut. xxxii. 15; Isai. v. 11, 12. 3. Sorrow is better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. " Sorrow is better than laughter:" that sorrow which arises from the meditation of death, a sad, sober,... | |
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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. 
