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12 Then I decided to think about wisdom.
    I also thought about foolish ways to live.
I thought, ‘The next king will not do any more
    than I have already done.’
13 I realized that it is better to be wise than foolish.
    In the same way, the light is better than the dark.
14 Wise people can see where they are going.
    Foolish people walk in the dark.
But at the end of their lives, there is no difference.
    They both die.

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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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