Dancing with the Tao: A Wise Post?

So, thinking on the difference between the wisdom of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, I found both while reading the Tao Te Ching. My preferred text is from the Ma Wang Tui manuscripts translated by Victor Mair, so the chapter references are from there and accordingly will be way off a standard translation.

Proverbial:
68.
To be sparing of speech is natural.

A whirlwind does not last the whole morning,
A downpour does not las the whole day.
Who causes them?
If heaven and earth cannot cause them to persist,
how much less can human beings?

Therefore,
In pursuing his affairs
a man of the Way identifies with the Way,
a man of integrity identifies with integrity,
a man who fails identifies with failure.

To him who identifies with integrity,
the Way awards integrity;
To him who identifies with failure,
the Way awards failure.

A fairly straightforward sentiment (especially for the Tao). Success breeds success, failure breeds failure. Contrast that with
Ecclestiastic:
10.
Without going out-of-doors,
one may know all under heaven;
Without peering through windows,
one may know the Way of heaven.

The farther one goes
The less one knows.

For this reason,
The sage knows without journeying,
understands without looking,
accomplishes without acting.

Roll that around your noggin for a bit. Its been over a decade since I first read that passage and I still don't grasp it fully.