Holy Scripture
Ecclesiastes 7:1
A church father on this verse
“For though a man should be by no means greatly advantaged by knowing all in this life that is destined to befall him according to his mind (let us suppose such a case), nevertheless with the officious activity of men he devises means for prying into and gaining an apparent acquaintance with the things that are to happ…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1A good name is better than good oil; And the day of death than the day of birth.
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— Ecclesiastes 7:1 —
2It is better to go to the house of mourning, Than to go to the banquet house: Since this is the end of every man; And the living man will apply good warning to his heart.
3Sorrow is better than laughter: For by the sadness of the countenance the heart will be made better.