“A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.”
Ecclesiastes 7:1 (KJV) |
Ecclesiastes 7:1
From Ecclesiastes 7, in the Book of Ecclesiastes (Old Testament).
Read in Context
1
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.
2
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
3
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.