...and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem ; yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. 17. And...I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. 1 8. For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. CHAP. II....

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...heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Verse 11. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. Chapter i. verse 18. And further by these, my Son, be admonished ; of making many books there is no...

...heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit: for in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh." Will knowledge...

...wise?" ver. 15. And again, " the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing; for in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow," chap. i. 8. 18. So again, in another place, after Inhad proposed some rules for the government of lite,...

...lifting us up to a faith in things unseen and above the senses, in prudence we should refuse the offer. "In much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." I do not know where this truth is illustrated in more glowing colors, than in an ideal vision from...

...obliged to revert to the conclusion of the same inspired writer whom you have so happily cited : — ' and I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness...folly. I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit ; for in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increase th knowledge, increaseth sorrow.'" The old...

...obliged to revert to the conclusion of the same inspired writer whom you have so happily cited : — ' and I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness...folly. I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit ; for ia much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow.' " The old...

...succinct biography of himself and the result of all his experiments, both in wisdom and in folly. — ' I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly — I said in my heart. Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth — therefore enjoy pleasure, and behold...

...store of defects and enormities, both in nature and practice, that they cannot be numbered. I. 17- I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. 1 addicted myself moreover to the disquisition and study of morality ; and, therein, 1 did not only...