And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can a man do that comes after the king? even that which has been already done.
And I set my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is like grasping the wind.
That which has been is now; and that which is to be has already been; and God requires that which is past.
I applied my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: