Ecclesiastes 2:13-14

Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

Wisdom excelleth folly ... as light excelleth darkness ... the fool walketh in darkness - (.) The worldly "wise" man has good sense in managing his affairs, skill and taste in building and planting, and keeps within safe and respectable bounds in pleasure, while the "fool" is wanting in these respects ("darkness" - i:e., fatal error, blind infatuation); yet "one event" - death, happeneth to both ().