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Ecclesiastes Quotes

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Solomon
Done, Sun, Ecclesiastes

But how can one be warm alone?

Joseph Heller
Bible, Ecclesiastes, Warm
Joseph Heller (1997). “God Knows”, p.209, Simon and Schuster

In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Solomon
Grief, Sorrow, Ecclesiastes

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun

Solomon
Done, Sun, Ecclesiastes

All things come alike to all; there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not.

Doris Lessing
Wicked, Events, Ecclesiastes
Doris Lessing (1999). “Ecclesiastes or, The Preacher”, p.30, Canongate Books

As Ecclesiastes tells it, a wholesale devotion to pleasure will, paradoxically, lead to a state of utter despair.

Philip Yancey
Despair, Devotion, Ecclesiastes
Philip Yancey (2002). “The Bible Jesus Read: An Eight-session Exploration of the Old Testament Participant's Guide”, p.97, Harper Collins

The Ecclesiastes of the Old Testament says there is no new thing under the sun. We can also say there is no new thing above the sun!

Mehmet Murat Ildan
Sun, Old Testament, Ecclesiastes

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