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Death is better than a life of misery, and eternal sleep than chronic sickness.
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Good things poured out upon a mouth that is closed are like offerings of food placed upon a grave.
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Of what use to an idol is a sacrifice? For it can neither eat nor smell. So is the one punished by the Lord;
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he sees with his eyes and groans as a eunuch groans when embracing a girl.
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Do not give yourself over to sorrow, and do not distress yourself deliberately.
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