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Louis Segond 1910
Au milieu même du rire le coeur peut être affligé, Et la joie peut finir par la détresse.
KJV
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.
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Summa Theologica
Paphnutius that a certain jester would be with him in the life to come. On the contrary, A gloss on Prov. 14:13, "Laughter shall be mingled with sorrow and mourning taketh hold of the end of joy," remarks: "A mourning that will last for ever." Now there is inordinate laughter and…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 103 (Migne)
rtatur, et gaudium in moerorem (Jac. IV, 9) . Hinc per Salomonem dicitur: Risus dolore miscebitur (Prov. XIV, 13) . Hinc Gregorius ait: Nemo potest et hic gaudere cum saeculo, et illic regnare cum Christo. Hinc etiam in collationibus Patrum legitur: Vidit, inquit, senex quemdam…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 106 (Migne)
Ibid. VI, 25) . Et alibi Scriptura dicit: Risus dolore miscebitur: et extrema gaudii luctus occupat (Prov. XIV, 13) . Et e contrario, de justis: Beati igitur qui lugent, quoniam ipsi consolabuntur (Matth. V, 5) . Non enim a magno mysterio vacat, quod Dominus noster Jesus Christus…
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