Say notthou,What isthe causethattheformerdayswere better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.

-Bible (Old Testament)
Ecclesiastes 7:10.

And God shall wipe awayall tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, norcrying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said,Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

-Bible (NewTestament)
Revelation 21:4^5.

Non enim quo quisque ditior sive potentior, ideo et melior: fortunae illud est, hoc virtutis. To be wealthieror more powerful isnot necessarily tobe worthier: the former are products of fortune, the latter stems from virtue.

-He¤  lo|«  se
c.1135  First letter to Peter  Abelard.