Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.

For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.