 | 1611 - 360 páginas
...The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than...is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. Better is the end of a thing... | |
 | George Burder - 1835 - 654 páginas
...proverb — "Wilful waste makes woeful want." See how the pleasures of sense perish in the using : " for as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool:" a noisy blaze succeeded by dismal darkness. Let this, as Solomon advises, keep thee from the... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 páginas
...The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fouls. Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.... | |
 | Charles Wilkinson - 1806 - 484 páginas
...of the fire of thorns a very remarkable contrast, and give a liveliness to the saying of Solomon ; " As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool." And when they use this latter kind of fuel, it seems to be under their pots, which further illustrates... | |
 | 1807 - 570 páginas
...heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ; but the heart of fools is in the house' of mirth. 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools : 6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so it the laughter of the fool : this also is vanity.... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1808 - 708 páginas
...; and that the opposite of this sentence should be equally true, Laugh not, if you are not wise ; " For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool." If mankind are to be divided into two classes, those that laugh, and those that are laughed... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 páginas
...mirth and laughter of a fool: after some short semblance of joy, it va•nisheth to nothing. VII. 6 As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of fools. VII. 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. Extremity of... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 páginas
...amongst tiie living, will carcfuilv bethink themselves of it, and make due preparation for it. VII. 6 As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter nf fools. A tire of thorns under a pot makes a loud noise with the crackling thereof for a time, but... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 páginas
...heart of the wise is in the house of mourning ; but the heart of fools it in the house of mirth. 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. 6 For as the crackling of thorns linger a pot, so is the laughter of the fool : this also is vanity.... | |
 | 1809 - 556 páginas
...divert themselves with- merriment and pleasure. See // , "i .-• . [d] Ver. 5. It is better to bear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the. song, of fools] And he that would be in the number of these wise men, must lock upon this as one of the first steps... | |
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The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of... 
