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"There is nothing new under the sun."
Ecclesiastes / King James Version
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"Hearkners, we say, seldom hear good of themselves."
Mathew Henry / Commentaries. Ecclesiastes vii.
Commentaries. Ecclesiastes vii.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Vanity of vanities, . . . all is vanity."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 2; xii. 8.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 2; xii. 8.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 4.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 4.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"The eye is not satisfied with seeing."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 8.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 8.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"There is no new thing under the sun."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 9.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 9.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Is there anything whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already of old time, which was before us."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 10.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 10.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"All is vanity and vexation of spirit."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 14.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 14.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 18.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes i. 18.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"One event happeneth to them all."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes ii. 14.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes ii. 14.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes iii. 1.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes iii. 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"A threefold cord is not quickly broken."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes iv. 12.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes iv. 12.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Let thy words be few."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes v. 2.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes v. 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes v. 5.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes v. 5.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"The sleep of a labouring man is sweet."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes v. 12.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes v. 12.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"A good name is better than precious ointment."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 1.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 2.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 2.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 6.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 6.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 14.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 14.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Be not righteous overmuch."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 16.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 16.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"One man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 28.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 28.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 29.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes vii. 29.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"There is no discharge in that war."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes viii. 8.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes viii. 8.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"To eat, and to drink, and to be merry."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes viii. 15; Luke xii. 19.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes viii. 15; Luke xii. 19.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"A living dog is better than a dead lion."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes ix. 4.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes ix. 4.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes ix. 10.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes ix. 10.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes ix. 11.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes ix. 11.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"A bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes ix. 20.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes ix. 20.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 1.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 3.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 3.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 4.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 4.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 6.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 6.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 7.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 7.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 9.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xi. 9.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 1.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 1.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"The grinders cease because they are few."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 3.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 3.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"The grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 5.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 5.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 6.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 6.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 7.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 7.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 11.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 11.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 12.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 12.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man."
Unknown / The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 13.
The Bible, Old Testament. Ecclesiastes xii. 13.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain