For All Is Vanity

“I said in mine heart con­cern­ing the estate of the sons of men, that God might man­i­fest them, and that they might see that they them­selves are beasts. For that which befal­l­eth the sons of men befal­l­eth beasts; even one thing befal­l­eth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the oth­er; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre­em­i­nence above a beast: for all is van­i­ty. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Who knoweth the spir­it of man that goeth upward, and the spir­it of the beast that goeth down­ward to the earth? Where­fore I per­ceive that there is noth­ing bet­ter, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his por­tion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?”

Eccle­si­astes 3:18–22, Holy Bible, King James Ver­sion