The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: