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For though the other should live a thousand years twice and has not enjoyed good; both shall surely go to the same place.

¶ All the labour of man is for his mouth, and with all this the appetite is not filled.

For what has the wise more than the fool? what more has the poor that knows how to walk among the living?

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even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?(A)

Everyone’s toil is for their mouth,
    yet their appetite is never satisfied.(B)
What advantage have the wise over fools?(C)
What do the poor gain
    by knowing how to conduct themselves before others?

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