Ecclesiastes 2:16

"For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man as with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And how the wise man and the fool alike die!"there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man" -Now some will disagree with this statement, "In our society we remember 'great men' of the past". But this is the rare exception. Compared to how many wise men have lived, how many have been remembered? And future generations are not always able to distinguish between "who" was the fool and who was the wise man! At times history will remember the fool and forget the wise man. Solomon has no illusions! This is indeed the last grasp and hope of the successful person who doesn't believe in God: "Maybe. can do something by which all future generations will remember me and in that way continue to live on".