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Wisdom excels folly, and still dies
Kohelet sees that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness. Yet the wise die just like fools, and both are forgotten.
Even wisdom has limits.
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So he hated life, because all under the sun is a vapor.
Bible reference: Ecclesiastes 2:13–17
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 427–428
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