I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
I said of laughter, It is mad, and of pleasure, What does it accomplish?
I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?
Merriment, I thought, is madness; pleasure, of no use at all.
Laughter, I considered an error. And to rejoicing, I said: "Why are you being deceived, to no purpose?"
Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?
