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.

“The saying, “The Magyar is much too lazy to be bored,” is worth thinking about. Only the most subtle and active animals are capable of boredom.—A theme for a great poet would be God’s boredom on the seventh day of creation.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)