LITERATURE QUESTIONS
PURITAN LITERATURE
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It is all just vanity.
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She has excellent insurance.
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She keeps her valuables elsewhere.
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She didn’t like that house anyway.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Vanity of vanities; all is vanity A statement at the beginning of the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Old Testament. The pointlessness of human activity is the major theme of the book. The author, however, like Job, insists that God’s laws must be kept, whether keeping them results in happiness or sorrow.
Detailed explanation-2: -Solomon realized the nature of his expectations, and in Ecclesiastes 1:2, he said, “Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
Detailed explanation-4: -: inflated pride in oneself or one’s appearance : conceit. : something that is vain, empty, or valueless. 3. : dressing table.