Ecclesiastes 6:5-11

⁵Although this child does not see the sun or know anything, it has rest even though that man did not.

⁶Even if a man should live for two thousand years but does not learn to enjoy good things, he goes to the same place as everyone else.

⁷All a man's work is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.

⁸Indeed, what advantage has the wise person over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have even if he knows how to act in front of other people?

⁹It is better to be satisfied with what the eyes see than to desire what a wandering appetite craves, which is also vapor and an attempt to shepherd the wind.

¹⁰Whatever has existed has already been given its name, and what mankind is like has already been known. So it has become useless to dispute with the one who is the mighty judge of all.

¹¹The more words that are spoken, the more futility increases, so what advantage is that to a man?