Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!

Whatever is has been before, and what is to be is now; because God makes search for the things which are past.

Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.

Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.