« 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...