Ecclesiastes 1:16-18 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

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.

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