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penguin_booze 80 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Why aren't smart people happier? (2022)

I first came upon this phrase from the movie 'Liberal Arts' (quoting some religious text):

For in much wisdom is much grief. And he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow.

keiferski 80 days ago [–]

This is from Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament, and is a book worth reading even if you’re not a Christian or religious at all. (Some of the other books in the Bible are not in that category.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes

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