Ecclesiastes 2:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?

³ I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life.

⁴ I made me great works, I built me houses, and planted vineyards,