“Like the fool, the wise man too must die!”

— Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth), Ecclesiastes 2:13-16 (NIV)

About Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth)

Hebrew wisdom book traditionally ascribed to King Solomon. Scholars debate its authorship and date.

“A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.”

“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”

“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.”

“Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.”

“Perhaps only dead know, and only for them is the war really over.”

“It is a contest between ignorance and death, or wisdom and life.”

“Every joy that some experience is paid for by the sorrow of others.”

“The dignity of truth is lost With much protesting.”

“Death, like generation, is a secret of Nature.”