Wine of the Past

"The preacher says: Vanity of vanities, Vanity of vanity, everything is vanity. "There is a time for everything, There is a time for everything under heaven. There is a time to be born and a time to die; There is a time to plant, and a time to pluck out what is planted; A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build; There is a time to cry and a time to laugh; There is a time to search and a time to lose; There is a time to keep and a time to abandon; A time to tear and a time to mend; A time for silence and a time for speech; A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for reconciliation. "And I saw that under the sun there is wickedness in the place of judgment, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness. "The oppressed weep, and have no one to comfort them; their oppressors have power, and have no one to comfort them. Therefore, I praise the dead who are long dead more than the living who are still alive. "The living know that they must die; but the dead know nothing and have no reward; their names are not remembered. Their love, their hate, and their jealousy have all been eliminated long ago. They will never have a share in anything done under the sun. "Before the days of your youth and decline come near, the days of my joylessness, as you say, remember your Creator. "All these things have been heard, and the conclusion is this: Fear God and keep His commandments; this is the duty of man. For God will judge every thing a man does, even every hidden thing, whether good or evil.