<p class="poetry">A time to love, and a time to hate;p> <p class="poetry">a time for war, and a time for peace.p>

<p class="poetry">Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">so no one has power over the day of his<n id="2" /> death.p> <p class="poetry">Just as no one can be discharged during the battle,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Again,<n id="1" /> I observed this on the earth:<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the race is not always<n id="3" /> won by the swiftest,p> <p class="poetry">the battle is not always won by the strongest;p> <p class="poetry">prosperity<n id="4" /> does not always belong to those who are the wisest,p> <p class="poetry">wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning,p> <p class="poetry">nor does success<n id="5" /> always come to those with the most knowledge &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">for time and chance may overcome<n id="6" /> them all.p>