I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

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“Laughter,”(A) I said, “is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?”

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I said of laughter—“Madness!”; and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”

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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.

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It is better to go to a house of mourning
    than to go to a house of feasting,
for death(A) is the destiny(B) of everyone;
    the living should take this to heart.

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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 take it to (A)heart.

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