Lo, this only have I found, that God has made man upright; but they have sought out many devices.
All Commentaries on Ecclesiastes 7:29 Go To Ecclesiastes 7
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Man. The superior part of the soul rarely thinks of good; but the sensual part always inclines to evil. (Worthington)
Solomon found danger from all women, (St. Jerome) and there is none who may not prove fatal to those who are off their guard. (Calmet)
Yet some are doubtless innocent, like the blessed Virgin . (Haydock)