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The wind goes to the south and circles about to the north; it circles and circles about continually, and on its circuit the wind returns again.(A)

All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place from which the rivers come, to there and from there they return again.

All things are weary with toil and all words are feeble; man cannot utter it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.(B)

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The wind blows to the south
    and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,
    ever returning on its course.
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.

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