That which is has already been, and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by [so that history repeats itself].

Do not be so very lawless, neither become thou foolish, - wherefore shouldst thou die, before thy time?

Surely no one knows what will be, so who can tell anyone what will happen?

when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and when the strong men shall bow themselves; when the millers stand still, because they be so few, and when the sight of the windows shall wax dim;