Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes

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    The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
    —Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes, 9:11.

    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.
    —Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes, 7:3-4.

    A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to
    dance;
    —Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes (l. III, 4)