 | Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.) - 1823 - 554 ページ
...from disasters and vexations; yea, there is in it an innate grief, amidst so many follies (vii. 18). Yea, give a man the confluence of all these, which is so rare, make him at once rich and honourable and healthful, and encompassed with all the delights of nature and art, and wise, to make... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1823 - 468 ページ
...confess in the bitterness of his disappointment ; / perceived, that this also is vexation of spirit : for in much wisdom is much grief ; and, he, that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow *. But, hereafter, the servants of the Lord will eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, without... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 ページ
...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. — Eccles. i. 2. 13, 14. 16—18. I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure : and, behold,... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1824 - 526 ページ
...better, if it have not attained the knowledge of thee? since, as the preacher hath most wisely observed," in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow," Eccl. i. 18. O then, set offmy heart from affecting that knowledge whose end is sorrow, and fix it... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 504 ページ
...excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. But I perceived that this also is vexation; for in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. I said in my heart, as it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth to me, and why was I then more wise... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 ページ
...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. — Eccles. i. 2. 13, 14. 16—18. I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure : and, behold,... | |
 | Robert Leighton, John Norman Pearson - 1825 - 494 ページ
...disasters and vexations; yea, there is in it an innate grief, amidst so many follies. Eccl. i. 18. In much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth...these, which is so rare, make him at once rich, and honourable, and healthful, and encompassed with all the delights of nature and art, and wise to make... | |
 | Robert Leighton (Abp. of Glasgow), John Norman Pearson - 1825 - 492 ページ
...disasters and vexations; yea, there is in it an innate grief, amidst so many follies. Eccl. i. 18. In much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth...these, which is so rare, make him at once rich, and honourable, and healthful, and encompassed with all the delights of nature and art, and wise to make... | |
 | 1825 - 864 ページ
...the sun. 1 gave my heart to know wisdom ; but 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 my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth to me ; and why was I then more... | |
 | Edward Reynolds, Alexander Chalmers - 1826 - 570 ページ
...the more a man knows, the more discoveries he makes of things he knows not. Sect: 45. — Thirdly, " In much wisdom, is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow." In civil wisdom, the more able a man is, the more service is cast upon him, the more businesses run... | |
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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. 
