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For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; and they have no more reward [here], for the memory of them is forgotten.

Their love and their hatred and their envy have already perished; neither have they any more a share in anything that is done under the sun.

Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart [if you are righteous, wise, and in the hands of God], for God has already accepted your works.

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