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Utnapishtam said, “there is no permanence. Do we build a house for it to stand forever? Do we seal a contract to hold for all time? Do brothers divide an inheritance to keep forever? Does the flood time of rivers endure? It is only the nymph of the dragonfly who sheds her larvae and sees the sun in his glory. From the days of old, there is no permanence. The sleeping and the dead, how alike they are.