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Even so, though the smart ones see where they're going and the stupid ones grope in the dark, they're all the same in the end. One fate for all - and that's it.
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The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 In-Context
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Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king’s successor do than what has already been done?
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I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.
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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.
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Then I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will overtake me also. What then do I gain by being wise?” I said to myself, “This too is meaningless.”
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For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered; the days have already come when both have been forgotten. Like the fool, the wise too must die!