Ecclesiastes 2:2-4

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

² I said of laughter, ‘It is mad’, and of pleasure, ‘What use is it?’ ³ I searched with my mind how to cheer my body with wine—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—and how to lay hold on folly, until I might see what was good for mortals to do under heaven during the few days of their life. ⁴ I made great works; I built houses and planted vineyards for myself;