# Ecclesiastes · 7

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## Verses

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**Latin**

Quid necesse est homini majora se quærere,
cum ignoret quid conducat sibi in vita sua,
numero dierum peregrinationis suæ,
et tempore quod velut umbra præterit ?
aut quis ei poterit indicare
quod post eum futurum sub sole sit ?

**English**

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**Latin**

Melius est nomen bonum quam unguenta pretiosa,
et dies mortis die nativitatis.

**English**

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**Latin**

Melius est ire ad domum luctus
quam ad domum convivii ;
in illa enim finis cunctorum admonetur hominum,
et vivens cogitat quid futurum sit.

**English**

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**Latin**

Melior est ira risu,
quia per tristitiam vultus corrigitur animus delinquentis.

**English**

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**Latin**

Cor sapientium ubi tristitia est,
et cor stultorum ubi lætitia.

**English**

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**Latin**

Melius est a sapiente corripi,
quam stultorum adulatione decipi ;

**English**

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**Latin**

quia sicut sonitus spinarum ardentium sub olla,
sic risus stulti.
Sed et hoc vanitas.

**English**

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**Latin**

Calumnia conturbat sapientem,
et perdet robur cordis illius.

**English**

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**Latin**

Melior est finis orationis quam principium.
Melior est patiens arrogante.

**English**

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**Latin**

Ne sis velox ad irascendum,
quia ira in sinu stulti requiescit.

**English**

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**Latin**

Ne dicas : Quid putas causæ est
quod priora tempora meliora fuere quam nunc sunt ?
stulta enim est hujuscemodi interrogatio.

**English**

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**Latin**

Utilior est sapientia cum divitiis,
et magis prodest videntibus solem.

**English**

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**Latin**

Sicut enim protegit sapientia, sic protegit pecunia ;
hoc autem plus habet eruditio et sapientia,
quod vitam tribuunt possessori suo.

**English**

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**Latin**

Considera opera Dei,
quod nemo possit corrigere quem ille despexerit.

**English**

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**Latin**

In die bona fruere bonis,
et malam diem præcave ;
sicut enim hanc, sic et illam fecit Deus,
ut non inveniat homo contra eum justas querimonias.

**English**

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**Latin**

Hæc quoque vidi in diebus vanitatis meæ :
justus perit in justitia sua,
et impius multo vivit tempore in malitia sua.

**English**

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**Latin**

Noli esse justus multum,
neque plus sapias quam necesse est,
ne obstupescas.

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**Latin**

Ne impie agas multum,
et noli esse stultus,
ne moriaris in tempore non tuo.

**English**

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**Latin**

Bonum est te sustentare justum :
sed et ab illo ne subtrahas manum tuam ;
quia qui timet Deum nihil negligit.

**English**

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**Latin**

Sapientia confortavit sapientem
super decem principes civitatis ;

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**Latin**

non est enim homo justus in terra
qui faciat bonum et non peccet.

**English**

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**Latin**

Sed et cunctis sermonibus qui dicuntur
ne accomodes cor tuum,
ne forte audias servum tuum maledicentem tibi ;

**English**

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**Latin**

scit enim conscientia tua
quia et tu crebro maledixisti aliis.

**English**

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**Latin**

Cuncta tentavi in sapientia.
Dixi : Sapiens efficiar :
et ipsa longius recessit a me,

**English**

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**Latin**

multo magis quam erat.
Et alta profunditas, quis inveniet eam ?

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**Latin**

Lustravi universa animo meo,
ut scirem et considerarem,
et quærerem sapientiam, et rationem,
et ut cognoscerem impietatem stulti,
et errorem imprudentium :

**English**

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**Latin**

et inveni amariorem morte mulierem,
quæ laqueus venatorum est,
et sagena cor ejus ;
vincula sunt manus illius.
Qui placet Deo effugiet illam ;
qui autem peccator est capietur ab illa.

**English**

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**Latin**

Ecce hoc inveni, dixit Ecclesiastes,
unum et alterum ut invenirem rationem,

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**Latin**

quam adhuc quærit anima mea,
et non inveni.
Virum de mille unum reperi ;
mulierem ex omnibus non inveni.

**English**

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**Latin**

Solummodo hoc inveni,
quod fecerit Deus hominem rectum,
et ipse se infinitis miscuerit quæstionibus.
Quis talis ut sapiens est ?
et quis cognovit solutionem verbi ?

**English**

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