Anyone who is among the living has hope —even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!
While cutting a way through the bamboos we suddenly stumbled upon a block of lava (andesite). I was delighted to see it, for I had not previously seen as much as a pebble since we left Laikipia. As I examined it, my interest was roused.John Walter Gregory, The Great Rift Valley
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their name is forgotten.Ecclesiastes 9:5 NIV
This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead.Ecclesiastes 9:3 NIV