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1 I said in my heart, Go now, I will prove thee with gladness, and look thou upon good: and behold, this also vanity. 2 To laughter I said, It is mad: and to gladness, What did this? 3 I examined in my heart to draw my flesh with wine, and my heart led in wisdom; and to lay hold upon folly till that I shall see what this good to the sons of man which they will do under the heavens the number of the days of their life. 4 I magnified my work; I builded to me houses; I planted to me vineyards: 5 I made to me gardens and pleasure grounds, and I planted in them a tree of all fruit. 6 I made to me pools of waters to water from them the forest, causing trees to spring forth. 7 I obtained servants and maids, and sons of the house were to me; also obtaining cattle, and many sheep were to me more than all that were before me in Jerusalem. 8 I gathered to me also silver and gold, and the wealth of kings, and the provinces: I made to me men singing and women singing, and the delights of the sons of men, a wife and mistresses. 9 And I was magnified and increased more than all being before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom stood to me. Ecclesiastes 2:1-9, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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