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Maybe Wisdom Is the Answer

12 Then I began to think again about being wise,
    and also about being foolish and doing crazy things.
But after all, what more can anyone do?
    He can’t do more than what the other king has already done.
13 I saw that being wise is certainly better than being foolish,
    just as light is better than darkness.
14 Wise people see where they are going,
    but fools walk around in the dark.
Yet I saw that
    both wise and foolish people end the same way.

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Wisdom and Folly Are Meaningless

12 Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom,
    and also madness and folly.(A)
What more can the king’s successor do
    than what has already been done?(B)
13 I saw that wisdom(C) is better than folly,(D)
    just as light is better than darkness.
14 The wise have eyes in their heads,
    while the fool walks in the darkness;
but I came to realize
    that the same fate overtakes them both.(E)

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