Do not say, “Why is it that the former days were better than these?” for it is not from wisdom that you ask about this. (Ecc 7:10)

“After all – ‘it is folly to cry out of the badness of the times, when there is so much more reason to complain of the badness of our hearts (if men’s hearts were better, the times would be mended); and when there is such reason to be thankful that they are not worse; but that even in the worst times we enjoy many mercies, that help to make them, not only tolerable, but comfortable.’” (Charles Bridges, Ecclesiastes, 150)