 | 1844 - Liczba stron: 606
...that we do know, and testify that we have seen." Truth ; the most beneficent truth. Solomon says, " In much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow ;" but David says, " Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound : they shall walk, О Lord, in... | |
 | Plain sermons - 1844 - Liczba stron: 768
...thus, in the words of the preacher, " the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep," and, " in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow2." But however this may be, at least these outward advantages do not increase our happiness.... | |
 | England - 1845 - Liczba stron: 478
...Divine grace. 1021.] PROMOTION OP LAUD. 05 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,"... | |
 | William Bridge - 1845 - Liczba stron: 450
...cannot consist therein. Or, Will ye instance in knowledge, wit and wisdom. Solomon tells you, that " in much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow," Eccles. i. Surely, therefore, our happiness cannot consist therein. Or, Will ye instance in moral virtues,... | |
 | 1872 - Liczba stron: 812
...man of ordinary intelligence, but the wisest and most richly gifted spirit of his times, who said, "In much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." But the pleasures of sense are still more short-lived than even those of the intellect ; they cannot... | |
 | 1846 - Liczba stron: 512
...heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. " And I gave my heart to know madness and folly : I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. " For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increased! knowledge increaseth sorrow." The principles of our author, are, as we have seen, the necessary... | |
 | D. V. ரங்கராஜன் - 2003 - Liczba stron: 554
...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... | |
 | Alex Kozulin - 2003 - Liczba stron: 496
...DANGERS OF REFLECTION Thus conscience does make cowards of us all. (Hamlet, act 3, scene 1, line 83) For in much wisdom is much grief: And he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow (Ecclesiastes, chapter 1, verse 18) Both wise Ecclesiastes and Shakespeare through his hero, the most... | |
 | Betty Miller - 2003 - Liczba stron: 154
...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... | |
 | John Herbert Roper - 2003 - Liczba stron: 364
...as laughs, and a hard-won understanding declared by the ancient Hebrew as recorded in Ecclesiastes: "For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow."22 Whether all southern writers of this era can be so described is not the issue here: this... | |
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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. 
