 | Caroline Fry Wilson, Caroline Fry - 1840 - Liczba stron: 284
...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... | |
 | Abraham O. Baldwin - 1841 - Liczba stron: 414
...and Knowledge. Eccl. 1: 17, 18. And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly : I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit....and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. A. FULLER. The Magnitude of the Heavenly Inheritance. Rom. 8: 18. For I reckon that the sufferings... | |
 | William Dodd - 1842 - Liczba stron: 546
...wisdom than all they, &c. and I gavt my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceirni that this also is vexation of spirit : for in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increa«eth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. — Eccles. i. 2. 13, 14. 16—18. I will prove thee with... | |
 | 1842 - Liczba stron: 488
...unless directed by Divine grace ; thus Bacon is a striking exemplification of the sacred truth, that in "much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow;" and that the excellency of knowledge is only this, that "wisdom giveth life to him that hath it," Eccles.... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - Liczba stron: 696
...only for the sake of the worldly gain, or the worldly distinction, whwh it is likely to confer, then " in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." As we enlarge the circle of the things we know, we enlarge the circumference of things unknown, by... | |
 | J. Cypress - 1842 - Liczba stron: 272
...the 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 transgression.... | |
 | Joseph Williams Blakesley - 1843 - Liczba stron: 236
...experience of wisdom and knowledge. And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly : I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit....and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. I said in my heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth ; therefore enjoy pleasure : and, behold,... | |
 | 1843 - Liczba stron: 480
...experience of wisdom and knowledge. And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly : I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit....and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." Ask the philosopher over his midnight lamp : ask the statesman amid the intricacies of his cabinet:... | |
 | 1843 - Liczba stron: 1068
...spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow.' — /1// vanily and vexation of spirit ! ' All flesh is grass!' " Again — as to the religious man.... | |
 | 1844 - Liczba stron: 788
...false. Knowledge is a good, and after wisdom we are commanded to seek ; yet what saith the wise man ? " In much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." The truth of this assertion has heen cruelly proved during the last century ; nor will the diffusion... | |
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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. 
