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Eyes denied nothing that eyes could covet, a heart stinted of no enjoyment, free of all the pleasures I had devised for myself, this was to be my reward, this the fruit of all my labours. (Ecclesiastes 2, 10)
Men are born only to die, plant trees only to displant them. (Ecclesiastes 3, 2)
the garment rent, the garment mended; silence kept, and silence ended; (Ecclesiastes 3, 7)
To enjoy his life, to make the best of it, beyond doubt this is man’s highest employment; (Ecclesiastes 3, 12)
and I told myself that God would give judgement one day between the just and the sinners, and all things would reach their appointed end then.✻ (Ecclesiastes 3, 17)
I told myself that God’s purpose with the sons of men was to test them …… And that they might see they were only like the beasts …✻ (Ecclesiastes 3, 18)
Men have risen to a throne that till now were bound in prison; men born to rule a kingdom have died of want. (Ecclesiastes 4, 14)
What is his decree? Why, that covetousness should never fill its own maw; never did he that loved money taste the enjoyment of his money;✻ here is frustration once again. (Ecclesiastes 5, 9)
With another hardship I have seen men visited here beneath the sun, and commonly. (Ecclesiastes 6, 1)
God gives a man wealth, and goods, and state, till there is nothing more left for his appetites to desire; and then God denies him the enjoyment of all this, throws the coveted morsel to a stranger instead; here is frustration, here is cold comfort indeed. (Ecclesiastes 6, 2)
Though he should have lived two thousand years, he were none the better for it, if he might not continue in the enjoyment of his goods. Do we not all reach the same goal at last?✻ (Ecclesiastes 6, 6)
Better a visit paid where men mourn, than where they feast; it will put thee in mind of the end that awaits us all, admonish the living with the foreknowledge of death. (Ecclesiastes 7, 3)
