## decay ##

to be slowly rot

## he will see decay ##

AT: "for he will die and his body will decay" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## Wise men die; the fool and the brute alike perish ##

The author refers to all people by referring to those who have the most and least wisdom. AT: "All men perish" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])

## brute ##

a violent man