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Grahm:
Care for one another,
Hold ideals above all other;
Illusions of grandeur,
Viable they are no longer.
All know the “golden” rule yet,
Live lives of deceit,
Reject all thoughts of decency and
You will surely see…

If you want to get ahead in life,
Sympathy, leave behind;

Devaluate your morals and,
Erase doubt from your mind.
After all…
Death cares not for who was kind.

Skywatcher:
Some similar old poetry from ancient times:
 
 Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
What profit has a man from all his labor
In which he toils under the sun?
One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
But the earth abides forever.
The sun also rises, and the sun goes down,
And hastens to the place where it arose.
The wind goes toward the south,
And turns around to the north;
The wind whirls about continually,
And comes again on its circuit.
All the rivers run into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full;
To the place from which the rivers come,
There they return again.
All things are full of labor;
Man cannot express it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.
 That which has been is what will be,
That which is done is what will be done,
And there is nothing new under the sun.
Is there anything of which it may be said,
See, this is new?
It has already been in ancient times before us.
There is no remembrance of former things,
Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come
By those who will come after.

Nehetsrev:

--- Quote from: Skywatcher ---Some similar old poetry from ancient times:
 
 Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
What profit has a man from all his labor
In which he toils under the sun?
One generation passes away, and another generation comes;
But the earth abides forever.
The sun also rises, and the sun goes down,
And hastens to the place where it arose.
The wind goes toward the south,
And turns around to the north;
The wind whirls about continually,
And comes again on its circuit.
All the rivers run into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full;
To the place from which the rivers come,
There they return again.
All things are full of labor;
Man cannot express it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.
 That which has been is what will be,
That which is done is what will be done,
And there is nothing new under the sun.
Is there anything of which it may be said,
See, this is new?
It has already been in ancient times before us.
There is no remembrance of former things,
Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come
By those who will come after.
--- End quote ---


Nice quote from Ecclesiastes Chapter 1, versus 2-11.  Most scholars believe that was written by King Solomon.  However, the author is never specificly named (except the author's claim to be the "son of David," most probably refering to King David) and so some doubt remains as to who the true author is.

Skywatcher:
I thought it was interesting how the same observations have been made about the world for ages. Of course the conclusion of the author of Ecclesiastes is that the equalizer that makes things even in the end comes in the afterlife.
 
 "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
 
 Fear God and keep His commandments,
 For this is man's all.
For God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil."
 
 I think this reflects a basic human desire to make sense of things and an understanding that if this life is all there is then things can seem very pessimistic.

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