"I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Ecclesiastes, 1:13, New American Standard Bible
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Solomon
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Solomon
22 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Solomon →
Related Quotes
"Have you beheld a man skillful in his work? Before kings is where he will station himself; he will not station himsel…"
"Cyrillic: Ко другоме јаму копа сам у њу пада. - Latin: Ko drugome jamu kopa sam u nju pada."
"The insight of a man certainly slows down his anger, and it is beauty on his part to pass over transgression."
"It is better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be stupid and speak lies."
"Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end."
"A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother."
"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter."
"But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will ever touch them."
"In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow."
"Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool."