# is the same fate for them

"is the same for both of them" or "is the same"

# The breath is the same for all of them

"All of them breathe same"

# There is no advantage for mankind over the animals

"Mankind is no better off than the animals"

# is not everything just a breath?

Here the author speaks of everything being as temporary as if it were a breath of air. The author uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that everything is temporary. This question can be written as a statement. AT: "Everything is just a breath." or "Everything is as temporary as a breath." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# Everything is going to the same place

This means that all people and all animals die and decay and become part of the soil. AT: "Everything dies and goes to the same place" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# dust

"soil"