Wisdom and Folly Are Meaningless

[Lorenzo]

Ecclesiastes 2 : 12-16



12 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?
13 I saw that wisdom is better than folly,
   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.

15 Then I said to myself,

   â€œThe fate of the fool will overtake me also.
   What then do I gain by being wise?”
I said to myself,
   â€œThis too is meaningless.”
16 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!