Ecclesiastes 6:8-10

The Voice

⁸ What good is it to be wise? Are the wise better off than fools? And what do the poor know that others do not when they conduct themselves before the public?^{[a] 9} It is better to enjoy what our eyes see than to long for what our roving appetites desire. This, too, is fleeting, like trying to embrace the wind.

¹⁰ Whatever exists has already been named. Human nature, as it is with its strengths and limitations, is already known. So no one dares to dispute with One so much stronger than he.