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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. "
The whole works of Joseph Butler - Page 57
by Joseph Butler (bp. of Durham.) - 1838
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Apart from Modernism: Edith Wharton, Politics, and Fiction Before World War I

Robin Peel - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 364 pages
...the house of mirth is preceded by two stark and rousing calls to mortification: "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:...
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The Millennial Chronologically Dated Old Testament of Jehovah

Walter Curtis Lichfield - Bible - 2005 - 626 pages
...than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 7:2 (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, 7:3 Sorrow (is) better...
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The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, Volume 2

Oscar Wilde - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 360 pages
...Reading Prison. 32. house oj mourning: The phrase W uses occurs in Ecclesiastes 7: 2: 'It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting.' 169.3. ^ • • • Saturday week: H & HD date this as probably occurring on 27 Feb. 1897 when Robert...
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The Book of Warning Volume I: Who Do You Choose to Fight for Your Survival?

Marilyn Minor - Religion - 2005 - 375 pages
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The Cycle

Salih Alexander - Religion - 2005 - 100 pages
...self-destruction Akin to this embark Take charge of your convictions And leap out of the dark 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:...
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Response to Death: The Literary Work of Mourning

Christian Riegel - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 310 pages
...gladness." Ecclesiastes 7:2 contrasts the solemnity of mourning and death with feasting: "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." At 7:4, this contrast is...
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The Pictorial Bible Being The Old And New Testaments V2

Anonymous - Bibles - 2005 - 416 pages
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Israel Salanter, Religious-ethical Thinker: The Story of a Religious-ethical ...

Menaḥem G. Glen - History - 2005 - 219 pages
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Passages from Holy Writ Chosen And Arranged for Family, Children And Schools

Anonymous, Kessinger Publishing Company - Religion - 2005 - 760 pages
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The Works of Bishop Butler

Joseph Butler - Religion - 2006 - 446 pages
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