"For there is no [more] lasting remembrance of the wise man than of the fool, since in the days to come all will be long forgotten. And how does the wise man die? Even as the fool!”

Ecclesiastes 2:16

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"Then I said to myself, “As it happens to the fool, so death will also happen to me. What use is it then for me to be extremely wise?” Then I said in my heart, “This too is vanity (meaningless).”

Ecclesiastes 2:15

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"The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and yet I know that [in the end] one fate happens to them both." (AMP)

"The wise person has eyes in his head,
but the fool walks in darkness." CSB

Ecclesiastes 2:14

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Then I saw that [even secular] wisdom [that brings sorrow] is better than [the pleasures of] folly and self-indulgence as light excels darkness. AMP

And I realized that there is an advantage to wisdom over folly, like the advantage of light over darkness. CSB

Ecclesiastes 2:13

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So I turned to consider [secular] wisdom, madness, and folly; for what will the man do who succeeds the king? Nothing except what has already been done.

Ecclesiastes 2:12

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Then I considered all which my hands had done and labored to do, and behold, all was vanity and chasing after the wind and there was no profit (nothing of lasting value) under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

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Whatever my eyes looked at with desire I did not refuse them. I did not withhold from my heart any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor; and this was my reward for all my labor.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

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So I became great and excelled more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.

Ecclesiastes 2:9

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