Compton Gage

“Though dead is promised to me, when will I slumber, deep? Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? Are not his days also like the days of an hireling? As a servant earnestly desires...”

“Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul; Which long for death, but it cometh not; And dig for it more than for hid treasures; Which rejoice exceed...”

“One generation passes away, and another generation cometh forth: but the earth abides for ever.”

“All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.”

“The thing that had been, it is that which shall be; And that which is done is that which shall be done.”

“There is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, 'See, this is new?' it had been already of old time, which was before us.”

“I saw under the sun the place of judgement, …that wickedness was there; And the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. …I said in mine heart, 'Who shall judge the righteous and the...”

“All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.”

“I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, And the reason of things, And to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: And I find more bitter th...”

“Your whole being is deeply troubled- personified the vision of a child's purity, lost in the wilderness of an ever-unchanging and imperfect world.”

“Loneliness is your only companion.”

“Only dead surpasses the sufferings”

“You haven't rewarded evil unto them who were at peace with you; nor you have delivered them that without cause is your enemy. But they want to tread down your soul upon the earth, and lay yo...”

“Many are they that rise up against you. Many there be which say of your soul, ‘’There is no help for you.’’ But the instruments of death is prepared for your cause.”

“You have not escaped his notice either- you are here by 'a call' not by choice.”

“You are alone. But you seems not afraid- though you weary with your groaning; wandering far off in the wilderness and your eyes, consumed because of your grief; waxed old while you're still...”

“To be a great warrior is not enough. Flesh and blood, however skilled, can be destroyed... you must be more than just a man in minds of your opponents.”

“Anger does not change the fact. The will to take control is everything.”

“It is right that one must come so far to see the world as it is meant to be.”

“Purity. Serenity... Solitude: What you ought to uphold. But the important thing is whether you believe it.”