Kohelet Rabbah 6:9/קוהלת רבה ו׳:ט׳

1“Better is the sight of the eyes than the pursuit of the desire; this, too, is vanity and herding wind” (Ecclesiastes 6:9).“Better is the sight of the eyes than the pursuit of the desire” – better is one who explicates his learning than one who studies and gradually becomes accustomed to rote learning.