11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had made, and on the labor that I had expended on it: and, behold, all was vanity and like grasping the wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can a man do that comes after the king? even that which has been already done.
13 Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one fate happens to them all.
15 Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how does the wise man die? as the fool.
17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is done under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and like grasping the wind.