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Better off poor, healthy, and fit than rich and afflicted in body.
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Health and fitness are better than any gold, and a robust body than countless riches.
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There is no wealth better than health of body, and no gladness above joy of heart.
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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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A joyful heart is life itself, and rejoicing lengthens one's life span.
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Indulge yourself and take comfort, and remove sorrow far from you, for sorrow has destroyed many, and no advantage ever comes from it.
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Jealousy and anger shorten life, and anxiety brings on premature old age.