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13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness. 14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all. 15 Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

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13 I saw that wisdom(A) is better than folly,(B)
    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.(C)

15 Then I said to myself,

“The fate of the fool will overtake me also.
    What then do I gain by being wise?”(D)
I said to myself,
    “This too is meaningless.”

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