As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

Then I said in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

Belief in the hereafter may be a helpful illusion for the ignorant... but you, dear Irene, should try to realize... to visualize this paradise here on earth more concretely.