Ecclesiastes/theme

Famous quotes containing the words ecclesiastes and/or theme:

“For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes 1:18.

“She is a theme of honor and renown,
A spur to valiant and magnanimous deeds,
Whose present courage may beat down our foes,
And fame in time to come canonize us.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)