Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

גַּם־בִּשְׂחֹ֥וק יִכְאַב־לֵ֑ב וְאַחֲרִיתָ֖הּ שִׂמְחָ֣ה תוּגָֽה׃

Proverbs 14:13

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Humor and sadness Sadness Laughter

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Proverbs The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 14:13).

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Language
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Time
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Aristotle. Nicomachean Ethics, translated by Terence Irwin. Hackett Publishing, 2019, bk. 8.

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And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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Time
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 2:7).