Ecclesiastes 1:15

15 Life's a corkscrew that can't be straightened, A minus that won't add up.

Ecclesiastes 1:15 In-Context

13 I looked most carefully into everything, searched out all that is done on this earth. And let me tell you, there's not much to write home about. God hasn't made it easy for us.
14 I've seen it all and it's nothing but smoke - smoke, and spitting into the wind.
15 Life's a corkscrew that can't be straightened, A minus that won't add up.
16 I said to myself, "I know more and I'm wiser than anyone before me in Jerusalem. I've stockpiled wisdom and knowledge."
17 What I've finally concluded is that so-called wisdom and knowledge are mindless and witless - nothing but spitting into the wind.
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