Ecclesiastes 7:3-8 Young's Literal Translation Of The Holy Bible (YLT98)

3. Better [is] sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.

4. The heart of the wise [is] in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.

5. Better to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than [for] a man to hear a song of fools,

6. For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So [is] the laughter of a fool, even this [is] vanity.

7. Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.

8. Better [is] the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better [is] the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 7