Holy Scripture
Ecclesiastes 7:4
A church father on this verse
“"Anger is better than laughter, for through a sad face the heart is improved. "Laughter weakens the mind, anger reproves and corrects it. Both let us become angry with ourselves when we sin, and let us get angry with others. Through the sadness of the face, even the spirit becomes better, as Symmachus saw it. And ther…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
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2It is better to go to the house of mourning, Than to go to the banquet house: Since this is the end of every man; And the living man will apply good warning to his heart.
3Sorrow is better than laughter: For by the sadness of the countenance the heart will be made better.
— Ecclesiastes 7:4 —
5It is better to hear a reproof of a wise man, Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6As the sound of thorns under a caldron, So is the laughter of fools: This is also vanity.