So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was
but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my wor
And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon t
All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.