江河湧流入海,海卻不會滿溢;
江河從何處流出,又返回何處。
萬事令人厭煩,人述說不盡。
眼看,看不飽;
耳聽,聽不夠。
以往發生的事,將來還會發生;
先前做過的事,將來也必再做。
日光之下,根本沒有新事。

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All streams flow into the sea,
    yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
    there they return again.(A)
All things are wearisome,
    more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,(B)
    nor the ear its fill of hearing.
What has been will be again,
    what has been done will be done again;(C)
    there is nothing new under the sun.

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