Ruins of Time

Chapter 1

The Preacher said: Vanity of vanity, vanity of vanity, all is vanity.

What is the profit of all a man's toil, even his toil under the sun?

One generation goes and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever.

The sun rose, and the sun set, and hastened to the place from which it came.

The wind blows to the south, then turns to the north, keeps spinning, and returns to the same path.

All the rivers flow into the sea, but the sea is not full.Where did the rivers flow, to where do they return.

All things are tiresome, and one cannot exhaust them.Eyes are not enough to see; ears are not enough to hear.

What has been, will be again.What has been done will be done again.There is nothing new under the sun.

—Ecclesiastes 1:1-9
(End of this chapter)