Jerome, on Eccl 7:4

“Anger is better than laughter: because by the sadness of the countenance the mind of the offender is corrected.”

“"Anger is better than laughter, for through a sad face the heart is improved. "Laughter weakens the mind, anger reproves and corrects it. Both let us become angry with ourselves when we sin, and let us get angry with others. Through the sadness of the face, even the spirit becomes better, as Symmachus saw it. And therefore "woe now to those who laugh, since they will mourn." [Luc. 6, 25.]”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.