Ecclesiastes 7:1 in the World English Bible
A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
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.