| 1611 - 360 psl.
...know wisdom, and to know madness and folly : I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief -.and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. I SAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure : and, behold,... | |
| George Burder - 1835 - 654 psl.
...in general, is grateful to the mind : and yet some kinds of knowledge are painful. Solomon says, " In much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." Eccl. i. 18. There must be a great deal of pains to get it, and a great deal of care to keep it: the... | |
| Matthew Prior - 1802 - 504 psl.
...which they should da under the heaven alt the days of their life, ver. 3. Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me i and why was 1 then more wiie ? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity, Bccln. chap. u.... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 psl.
...under heaven : this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man, to be exercised therewith. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Because no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Though a man labour... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 psl.
...it happeneth unto the fool, so it happeneth even to me ; we are subject to the same painful events ; and why was I then [more] wise ? Then I said in my heart, that this also 16 [is] vanity. For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever ; seeing that... | |
| William Henry Ireland - 1807 - 330 psl.
...Crowds flock to man my Stultifera Navis. SECTION XXXVIII. OF FOOLISH ASTRONOMERS AND STARGAZERS. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. HERE'S one, that rears his thoughts on high, And makes a ledger of the sky ; That he may read the planet's... | |
| William Henry Ireland - 1807 - 356 psl.
...Crowds flock to man my Stultifera Navis. SECTION XXXVIII. OF FOOLISH ASTRONOMERS AND STAR GAZERS. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. HERE'S one, that rears bis thoughts on high, And makes a ledger of the sky ; That he may read the planet's... | |
| 1809 - 556 psl.
...whole race of mankind. Ver. 15. Tben said I in my heart t As it bappeneth to tbe fool, so it bappeneth even to me ; and why was I then more wise .? "Then I said in my heart, that this also i; vanity."] Which reflection made me sigh, and think with myself, if, notwithstanding this excellence... | |
| 1809 - 1150 psl.
...myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. 15 Then said I in my heart, As it happened e top of the mount : and tke LOB D called Moses up. to the top of the mou t Then I said in my heart, that this also '•• \ nity. 16 For there is no remembrance of the •wise... | |
| William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1809 - 532 psl.
...follow a profound research, have filled literature with mournful echoes of the words of the royal sage, 'In much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.' The lives of men of genius have been for the most part a conscious and deliberate realisation of the... | |
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