Ecclesiastes 1:16-18

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁶ I have spoken in my heart, saying: Behold I am become great, and have gone beyond all in wisdom, that were before me in Jerusalem: and my mind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.

¹⁷ And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit,

¹⁸ Because In much wisdom there is much indignation: and he that addeth knowledge, addeth also labour.