 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.  Beulah - Page 300by Augusta Jane Evans - 1859 - 510 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Graves Chamney Haughton - Philosophy - 1839 - 263 pages
...the sole imperishable possession 19 . In the wellknown and melancholy sentence, where it is said, " For in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow™" we must ( ) ^niina fiovr) TWV KTrjfjiaTcav a6avaT(av. ( 20 ) ECCLES. ch. i. ver. 18. — In the Hebrew... | |
 | Graves Champney Haughton - Logic - 1839 - 263 pages
...the sole imperishable possession 19. In the wellknown and melancholy sentence, where it is said, " For in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow2"" we must (19) i'm/n'ti juo'vi; Twv KTijjuaTftJV aBavartav. (M) ECCLES. ch. i. ver. 18. —... | |
 | mrs. Frederick Montgomerie - 1839
...solemn consideration and attention of men of deep thought and philosophical minds. The first is, that " in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." Now, were this the axiom of some heathen sage, or the sentiment of some christian moralist, could these... | |
 | Caroline Wilson - 1839
...POSITION OF FEMALES IN THEIR DIFFERENT STATIONS OF LIFE. IT has been said by one reputed wise, that " in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." Solomon knew what he spake of; heavenly wisdom and the knowledge of God were not in his mind when he... | |
 | Sir Graves Champney Haughton - Reasoning - 1839 - 263 pages
...is the sole imperishable possession 19. In the wellknown and melancholy sentence, where it is said, "For in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow2"," we must (19) 2o^»fa povtj TeSv KTi;/uaTa>va^avarwv. (^ ECCLES. ch. i. ver. 18. — In the... | |
 | Robert Mudie - Mind and body - 1839 - 282 pages
...when life comes to an end :—and he will say to himself, in the words of the wise king of Israel," in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow ;" nor will he find any cure for the mental anguish, any halm for the wounded spirit, unless the doctrine... | |
 | Confidence - Confidence - 1840 - 80 pages
...of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes ; he will find that this also is vexation of spirit, for in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow, and the sum of the whole matter is vanity of vanities, all is vanity ! It is no contradiction of this statement... | |
 | Caroline Fry Wilson, Caroline Fry - Christian life - 1840 - 264 pages
...POSITION OF FEMALES IN THEIR DIFFERENT STATIONS OF LIFE. IT has been said by one reputed wise, that "in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." Solomon knew what he spake of; heavenly wisdom and the knowledge of God were not in his mind when he... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1840 - 315 pages
...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, increased! sorrow." — (Eccl. ci) P. 16. I have therefore devoted myself to magic.] — Goethe tells... | |
 | Abraham O. Baldwin - 1841 - 324 pages
...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. A. FULLER. The Magnitude of the Heavenly Inheritance. Rom. 8: 18. For I reckon that the sufferings... | |
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