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Impossibility of progress4 quotes
The world is what it is. — V.S. Naipaul · 1979That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. — Ecclesiastes 1:15 · 931 BC“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
What profit has a man from all his labor In which he toils under the sun? — Ecclesiastes 1:2-3 · 931 BCThat which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun. — Ecclesiastes 1:9 · 931 BCMeaninglessness1 quote
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
What profit has a man from all his labor In which he toils under the sun? — Ecclesiastes 1:2-3 · 931 BCPast and future1 quote
That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun. — Ecclesiastes 1:9 · 931 BCPessimism1 quote
That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. — Ecclesiastes 1:15 · 931 BCThe world1 quote
The world is what it is. — V.S. Naipaul · 1979Work1 quote
“Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”
What profit has a man from all his labor In which he toils under the sun? — Ecclesiastes 1:2-3 · 931 BC