(A)Therefore I praised the dead who were already dead,
More than the living who are still alive.
(B)Yet, better than both is he who has never existed,
Who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

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And I declared that the dead,(A)
    who had already died,
are happier than the living,
    who are still alive.(B)
But better than both
    is the one who has never been born,(C)
who has not seen the evil
    that is done under the sun.(D)

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