...of the wise king Solomon, who spoke from his own great experience, is the real truth of the matter ; In much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow 1. But now, religious wisdom and knowledge, or that wisdom and understanding which will improve our...

...know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. 18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. LESSON LXXXI1I. I SAID in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure:...

...NO. I. 3 1 18 GOETHE'S POSTHUMOUS WORKS. [Jan. I perceived that thi3 also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief ; and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow." (Eccl. ch. 1.) It would be difficult to conceive a fitter mood for a philosopher to be tempted in ;...

...mind should make him a villain, who, ignorant, had been innocent ! The wise man said truly, that " in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow." It was the serpent's subtle reasoning, and poor Eve's simple thinking, that accomplished the first...

...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...

...beasts, and are laid in the grave like sheep ; " or, as the wise king expressed it for them long ago : " As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me : and why was I then more wise ? How dieth the wise man ? As a fool. For that which befalleth the sons of men, befalleth beasts ;...

...beasts, and are laid in the grave like sheep ; " or, as the wise king expressed it for them long ago : " As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me : and why was I then more wise ? How dieth the wise man ? As a fool. For that which befalleth the sons of men, befalleth beasts ;...

...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...

...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,...