That which hath been is that which shall be; and that which hath been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.
I turned about, and my heart (was set) to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason (of things), and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.