Ecclesiastes 2:13

In context

11Then I turned to all the works my hands had done, and to the toil I had toiled to do — and look: it was all a breath and a chasing after wind, and there is no gain under the sun. 12Then I turned to look at wisdom, and at madness and folly. For what can the man do who comes after the king? Only what has already been done. 13And I saw that wisdom has a gain over folly, as light has a gain over darkness. 14The wise man has his eyes in his head, and the fool walks in darkness. But I also came to know that one and the same fate befalls them all. 15So I said in my heart, “The fate of the fool will befall me too — and why then have I been so very wise?” And I said in my heart that this too is a breath.