Ecclesiastes 4:2-5

²Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;

³and more fortunate than both is he who hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

⁴And I saw all labour, and all success of work, that it is man's jealousy of his neighbour. This also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

⁵The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.