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 # its beauty perishes
 
-A flower that is becoming less beautiful because it is decaying is spoken of as if its beauty were dying. Alternate translation: "it is no longer beautiful" 
+"it is no longer beautiful" 
 
 # the rich man will fade away in the middle of his journey
 
-As flowers do not die suddenly but instead fade away over a short time, so also the rich people may not die suddenly but instead take a little time to disappear. 
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-# in the middle of his journey
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-A rich man's activities in daily life are spoken of as if they are a journey that he is making without giving any thought to his coming death, and that it takes him by surprise. 
+As flowers do not die suddenly but instead fade away over a short time, so also the rich people may not die suddenly but instead take a little time to disappear. He also has not given any thought to his coming death, and that it takes him by surprise.