Ecclesiastes 1:16-17 – I said to myself, “Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone

I said to myself, “Look, I have increased in wisdom more than anyone who has ruled over Jerusalem before me; I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.” Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.

– Ecclesiastes 1:16-17 (NIV)