Holy Scripture
Ecclesiastes 1:4
A church father on this verse
“What good does the possessor of many acres gain in the end? Except that the foolish man thinks his own that which never belongs to him, ignorant seemingly in his greed that "the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof," for "God is king of all the earth." It is the passion of having which gives men a false title…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4A generation goes, and a generation comes: But the earth stands forever.
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In context
2Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, Vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3What advantage is there to a man In all his labor that he takes under the sun?
— Ecclesiastes 1:4 —
5And the sun arises, and the sun goes down And draws toward its place;
6Arising there it proceeds southward, And goes round toward the north. The wind goes round and round, And the wind returns to its circuits.