In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

כִּ֛י בְּרֹ֥ב חָכְמָ֖ה רָב־כָּ֑עַס וְיֹוסִ֥יף דַּ֖עַת יֹוסִ֥יף מַכְאֹֽוב׃

Ecclesiastes 1:18

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Knowledge Wisdom

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Ecclesiastes The Bible

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 1:18).

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Another quote about Wisdom

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Alfred Tennyson

Poems

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Knowledge Wisdom

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Alfred Tennyson
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Locksley Hall Poems
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Poem
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English
Time
1842 1840s 19th century
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Tennyson, Alfred. "Locksley Hall." Poems. Vol. 2, London: Edward Moxon, 1842, I. 141.

Current Citation

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. "Locksley Hall." Alfred Tennyson: The Major Works, edited by Adam Roberts. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 141.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Jesus

John 3:17

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Salvation Jesus
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Jesus
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Gospel of John The Bible
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Religious literature
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Greek
Time
90 90s 1st century
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Classical antiquity
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 3:17).

Another quote originally in Hebrew

And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 6:5

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Genesis The Bible
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Time
1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC
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Classical antiquity
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 6:5).