An idea from Ecclesiastes

The same ending waits for the careful person and the careless one, so don’t confuse fairness with how things usually turn out. Still, being alive counts for something: a live dog knows more than a dead lion, simply by still being around to know anything at all.

From Ecclesiastes by Qoheleth

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