אַל־תֹּאמַר֙ מֶ֣ה הָיָ֔ה שֶׁ֤הַיָּמִים֙ הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים הָי֥וּ טוֹבִ֖ים מֵאֵ֑לֶּה כִּ֛י לֹ֥א מֵחָכְמָ֖ה שָׁאַ֥לְתָּ עַל־זֶֽה׃
Ne dis point: "D’où vient que les temps passés valaient mieux que le présent?" Car c’est manquer de sagesse de poser cette question.
Ecclesiastes
See the work of G-d [(how perfectly ordered it is, all according to man's deeds; paradise for the righteous, gehinnom for the wicked. See which you choose)]; for who can make straight [(after death)] what was made crooked [(in his lifetime)]?