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Midrasch zu Kohelet 2:14

הֶֽחָכָם֙ עֵינָ֣יו בְּרֹאשׁ֔וֹ וְהַכְּסִ֖יל בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְ הוֹלֵ֑ךְ וְיָדַ֣עְתִּי גַם־אָ֔נִי שֶׁמִּקְרֶ֥ה אֶחָ֖ד יִקְרֶ֥ה אֶת־כֻּלָּֽם׃

Denn der Weise hat seine Augen im Kopfe, und der Narr wandelt im Finstern. Und doch erkannte ich, dass ein Geschick sie alle trifft.

Kohelet Rabbah

Another matter: “The wise man, his eyes are in his head” (Ecclesiastes 2:14) – this is one who purchased wheat for three years; “but the fool walks in darkness” (Ecclesiastes 2:14) – this is one who purchased wheat for one year. “I also know…I said in my heart…” (Ecclesiastes 2:14–15); this one eats and that one eats. If so, “why did I become wiser?” Why did I pawn my vessels in the summer to acquire food? Then I said: “For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool forever…everything is forgotten.” Subsequently, a drought year may come, and this one will eat at a high price and that one will eat at a low price. That is what is written: “How can the wise man die like the fool?”
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