Ecclesiastes 9:3-5

³This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that — to the dead.

⁴For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion.

⁵The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.