« the day of death is better than
the day of one's birth »
(Ecclesiastes 7:1)
« better is the end of a thing than
the beginning thereof »
(Ecclesiastes 7:8)


« therefore i went about
to cause my heart to despair
of all the labor
which i took under the sun »
(Ecclesiastes 2:20)


« for the grave cannot praise thee,
death cannot celebrate thee :
they that go down into the pit
cannot hope for thy truth »
(Isaiah 38:18)


« all are of the dust,
and all turn to dust again »
(Ecclesiastes 3:20)


...to dust to dust to dust to dust...