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"He hath made everything beautiful in its time."
EcclesiastesI know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do go — Ecclesiastes
"I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil--this is the gift of God."
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Ecclesiastes
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Ecclesiastes is one of the Ketuvim ('Writings') of the Hebrew Bible and part of the wisdom literature of the Christian Old Testament. The title commonly used in English is a Latin transliteration of the Greek translation of the Hebrew word קֹהֶלֶת. An unnamed author introduces "The words of Kohelet, son of David, king in Jerusalem" (1:1) and does not use his own voice again until the final verses
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"The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep."
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"I said in my heart: I will go, and abound with delights, and enjoy good things. And I saw that this also was vanity."
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