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14 A wise man has eyes in his head so he sees where he walks,
    but the fool continues in darkness.
Yet I perceived
    that the same fate overtakes them all.

15 Then I said in my heart,

“What happens to the fool will happen to me also.
    So to what advantage is my wisdom?”
Then I said to myself,
    “This also is vanity.”
16 For there is no lasting memory for the wise or the fool,
    by which in the coming days everyone will be forgotten.
How the wise dies just like the fool!

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