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Our name will be forgotten in time, and no one will remember our works; our life will pass away like the traces of a cloud, and be scattered like mist that is chased by the rays of the sun and overcome by its heat.
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For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow, and there is no return from our death, because it is sealed up and no one turns back.
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"Come, therefore, let us enjoy the good things that exist, and make use of the creation to the full as in youth.
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Let us take our fill of costly wine and perfumes, and let no flower of spring pass us by.
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Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
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Let none of us fail to share in our revelry; everywhere let us leave signs of enjoyment, because this is our portion, and this our lot.
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Let us oppress the righteous poor man; let us not spare the widow or regard the gray hairs of the aged.
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But let our might be our law of right, for what is weak proves itself to be useless.
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"Let us lie in wait for the righteous man, because he is inconvenient to us and opposes our actions; he reproaches us for sins against the law, and accuses us of sins against our training.
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He professes to have knowledge of God, and calls himself a child of the Lord.
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He became to us a reproof of our thoughts;