Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

עֲשֹׂ֨ות סְפָרִ֤ים הַרְבֵּה֙ אֵ֣ין קֵ֔ץ וְלַ֥הַג הַרְבֵּ֖ה יְגִעַ֥ת בָּשָֽׂר׃

Ecclesiastes 12:12

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Information overload Education Learning Books

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Ecclesiastes The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 12:12).

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Another quote about Books

When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.

Clifton Fadiman

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Topic
Power of literature Books

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Clifton Fadiman
Language
English
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
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Citation

Fadiman, Clifton. Any Number Can Play. The World Publishing Company, 1957.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

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Randomness Timing The human condition
Source
Ecclesiastes The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
Hebrew
Time
931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 9:11).

Another quote originally in Hebrew

For I am the Lord, I change not.

Malachi 3:6

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Nature of God God
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Malachi The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
424 BC 420s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Malachi 3:6).