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Ecclesiastes 2:16

“For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!”
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14The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.

15So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.

16For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!

17So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

18I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

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