Ecclesiastes 1:17-18

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¹⁷So I set out to learn everything from wisdom to madness and folly. But I learned firsthand that pursuing all this is like chasing the wind.

¹⁸The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief.
To increase knowledge only increases sorrow.

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