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Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man’s neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

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But better than both
    is the one who has never been born,(A)
who has not seen the evil
    that is done under the sun.(B)

And I saw that all toil and all achievement spring from one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(C)

Fools fold their hands(D)
    and ruin themselves.

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