“For though a man should be by no means greatly advantaged by knowing all in this life that is destined to befall him according to his mind (let us suppose such a case), nevertheless with the officious activity of men he devises means for prying into and gaining an apparent acquaintance with the things that are to happ…”
Gregory of Neocaesarea, 3th c. — A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes
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1A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
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— Ecclesiastes 7:1 —
2It 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.
3Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.