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...contained in the passage under consideration, when its true meaning is developed. He had said before, that in " much wisdom is much grief; and he that "increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow." He had represented all the joy resulting from self-indulgence, the only good,as he affirms,left to...

...pursuit of it; that he exhausted the learning of his time, and finding, like the Jewish sage, that " in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow," fell into a discontent and bitterness of soul. The " much grief " of the sage proceeded from the feeling...

...done 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.' II. Let us next consider, how or what way upright man fell. It was so that our first parents sinned,...

...given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. And, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief : and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." Eccles. i. 13, 14, 18. As speculation and theory cannot satisfy the mind, so neither can gr?at world,...

...search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven;" and he came to this conclusion, "in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." Now let us suppose such an one thus wearied and disappointed in his pursuit of knowledge, opening his...

...the wise ? So said the wisest ; and he had a right to know, for he had tried— he had declared that, "In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." It should seem, therefore, that wisdom had loss by the way, and in the end no gain. And it is even...

...16:15-18). . . . Much study is a weariness of the flesh. Ecclesiastes 12:12 Also read Ecclesiastes 12:9-14. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Ecclesiastes 1:18 f The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and...

...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." CHARLES. What does that mean? VICAR. You are of a generation which searched for self knowledge and...

...1036. Plenty breeds pride. 1037. Striving to do better, we often mar what is well. - Shakespeare 1038. For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. - Bible 25. Excuse - uttvr 1039. Don't make excuses, make good. - Ebert Hubbard 1040. Uncalled for...