That which is hath been long ago; and that which is to be hath long ago been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been done long ago.

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

Whatsoever hath been, the name thereof was given long ago; and it is know what man is; neither can he contend with him that is mightier than he.

As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.