Better - Since something certain is attained, one contemplates the end throughout an entire course of action, and does not rest upon the beg…

Thing. —Here, as in Ecclesiastes 6:11 and elsewhere, we may also translate word. Possibly the thought still is the advant…

Better [is] the end of a thing than the beginning thereof
If the thing is good, other ways the end of it is worse; a…

The outcome of our trials and difficulties is often better than we first thought. Surely it is better to be patient in spirit than to be proud and …