And I turned to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what can the man do who comes after the king, when they have already done it?
And I gave my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I know that this also is vexation of spirit.
That which has been is now; and that which is to be has already been; and God requires that which is past.
I set 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;