Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity.
Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
No man has power to retain the spirit, or power over the day of death. There is no discharge from war, nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it.
For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?
Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.
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