Ecclesiastes 7:1-3

Holman Christian Standard Bible

7 A good name is better than fine perfume,^(A)
and the day of one’s death than the day of one’s birth.^(B)
2 It is better to go to a house of mourning
than to go to a house of feasting,
since that is the end of all mankind,
and the living should take it to heart.^(C)
3 Grief is better than laughter,
for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.^(D)