Ecclesiastes 9:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴However, the one who is counted among the living still has hope. It is preferable to be a living dog rather than a dead lion.

⁵The living realize that they will die,
    whereas the dead know nothing whatever.
They will have no further reward,
    and even the memory of them will be obliterated.
⁶For them all love and hatred and jealousy
    have already perished.
Never again will they have any share
    in anything that is done under the sun.