ECCLESIASTES 4:2-6

²Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive;

³yea, better than them both did I esteem him which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

⁴Then I saw all labour and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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

⁶Better is an handful with quietness, than two handfuls with labour and striving after wind.