“A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.”
Ecclesiastes 7:1 (WEB)
Context Reading
1A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth. 2It 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 should take this to heart. 3Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.