 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 582 էջ
...heart, so that no man can find out the work that Cod inaketh from the beginning to the end." Ver. 1 1. " For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, incrcaseth sorrow." Ch. i. ver. 18. " And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of ma.kin; many... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 էջ
...gifts and graces bestowed upon us, as the apostle does, 1 Cor. xiv. 18; xv. 10 ; 2 Cor. xi. 5, 6. 18. For in much wisdom is much grief ; and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. " In much wisdom," or in the abundance of wisdom, as Ps. Ixxii. 7 ; li. 1 ; Prov. xx: 15 ; HON. viii.... | |
 | Michel de Montaigne - 1811 - 562 էջ
...Greek verse, that there is a great deal of convenience in not being too wise : ru And the preacher, " In much wisdom is much grief;'. . . " and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth " sorrow."§ Another proof of the weakness of philosophy, isAm>th«that last receipt, to which philosophy in general... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 582 էջ
...walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. And how... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1813 - 462 էջ
...wise ? ver. J 5. 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 he had proposed some rules for the government of... | |
 | 1816 - 64 էջ
...others, to explain or defend it. All is vanity and vexation of spirit ! I gave my heart to know wisdom : I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increascth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. — Some are pressing me to write more largely on the mediation... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 340 էջ
...of his eyes," but considereth not that for all these things God will bring him into judgment. Even " in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." Vanity of vanitiesf-saitk the preacher, vanity of vanities, ail is vanity. But the conclusion of the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 324 էջ
...3. that Solomon says, " Of making books there is no end ; much " study is weariness of the flesh ; for in much wisdom is " much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge, in" creaseth sorrow :" 4. " That St. Paul cautions against " being spoiled through vain philosophy... | |
 | 1815 - 614 էջ
...walketh in darkness : and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. 15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me ; and why was I then more wise ? Then I said in my heart, that this also in vanity. 16 For... | |
 | Thomas Balguy - 1817 - 366 էջ
...deserving it ! DISCOURSE II OF THE VANITY AND VEXATION OF OUR PURSUITS AFTER KNOWLEDGE. ECCLKS. I. 18. For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increase t/i sorrow. J. HE subject of this book is the supreme happiness of man ; — the writer, a... | |
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And I gave my heart to 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. 
