Everything is wearisome, more than man is able to express. The eye is never satisfied by seeing, nor the ear by hearing.

The thing that is past, is out of remembrance; Even so the things that are for to come, shall no more be thought upon among them that come after.

I communed with my own heart, saying, Lo, I have come to greatness, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.

For where much wisdom is, there is also great travail and disquietness; and the more knowledge a man hath, the more is his care.

I got myself male and female servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle more than all that were in Jerusalem before me:

So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

Next, I decided to consider wisdom, as well as foolish behavior and ideas. For what more can the king's successor do than what the king has already done?

I concluded that wisdom is more useful than foolishness, just as light is more useful than darkness.

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.

For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how does the wise man die? as the fool.

There was nothing more blessed for Man than that he should eat and drink, and see his desireth for blessedness in his toil, - even this, saw, I myself, that, from the hand of God, it was.

For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

And I saw that no good more than that man shall rejoice in his works; for this is his portion: for who shall bring him to look upon what shall be after him?

Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

and more fortunate than both is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Then I considered all the skillful work that is done: Surely it is nothing more than competition between one person and another. This also is profitless -- like chasing the wind.

There is one man, no more but himself alone, having neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of his careful travail, his eyes cannot be satisfied with riches. Yet, doth he not remember himself, and say, "For whom do I take such travail? For whose pleasure do I thus consume away my life?" This is also a vain and miserable thing.

Two people are better than one, because they can reap more benefit from their labor.

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

In spite of many daydreams, pointless actions, and empty words, it is more important to fear God.

Whereas many riches are, there are many also that spend them away. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, saving that he may look upon them with his eyes?

What is more, he eats in darkness all his days, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.

Moreover he has not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this one has more rest than the other.

All of man's labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach -- yet his appetite is never satisfied!

For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

{Better to be content with what your eyes see than for your soul to constantly crave more}. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!

Whatever is--it was already determined, {what will be--it has already been decided}. As for man, he cannot argue against what is more powerful than him.

The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him?

A good name is more worth than a precious ointment, and the day of death is better than the day of birth.

The conclusion of something is better than its beginning, and a patient attitude is more valuable than a proud one.

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance; yea, more excellent is it for them that see the sun.

Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.

And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

and I saw all the work of God, I concluded that man cannot discover the work that is done under the sun. Even though man may labor in seeking, he will not discover; and [more than that], though a wise man thinks and claims he knows, he will not be able to find it out.

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools.

Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.

If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

And more than that, the preacher was wise; he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he listened, and looked, and set in order many proverbs.