Everything

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.

Everything, every-thing, or every thing, is all that exists. As this encompasses the totality of things relevant to some subject matter, it can be understood in many different ways.

Quotes

• Everything passes and vanishes;
     Everything leaves its trace;
  And often you see in a footstep
     What you could not see in a face.
  • William Allingham, "Berries" (II). Life and Phantasy (1889), p. 101

• Donought would have everything;
  Eat the lark, and use its wing;
  Sip the sweet, and be the sting:
  Donought is the only King.
  • Ebenezer Elliott, "Song", st. 1. More Verse and Prose (1850), p. 88

• They told me I was everything; ’tis a lie, I am not ague-proof.
  • William Shakespeare, King Lear (1606), act 4, sc. 6 (Lear)

•    All is uneven,
  And everything is left at six and seven.
  • William Shakespeare, Richard II (1595), act 2, sc. 2 (York)

• And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.
  • Genesis 1:31 (KJV)

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Everything on Wikipedia