Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes 1:6.

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    The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
    —Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes 1:6.

    Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled:t hou takest away their
    breath, they die, and return to their dust.
    —Bible: Hebrew Psalm CIV (l. CIV, 29)

    Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or
    the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the
    cistern.
    Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit
    shall return unto God who gave it.
    Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, all is vanity.
    —Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes (l. XII, 6–7)