Ecclesiastes 4:2-4

²And I praised more dead men than living men;

³and I deemed him, that was not born yet, and saw not the evils that be done under the sun, to be more blessed than ever either.

⁴Again I beheld all the travails of men, and busynesses; and I perceived that those be open to the envy of the neighbour; and therefore in this is vanity, and superfluous busyness.