Ecclesiastes 4:1-4

MLV(i) 1 Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of such as were oppressed and they had no comforter. And on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter.
2 Therefore I praised the dead who have long been dead more than the living who are yet alive. 3 Yes, better than them both is he who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
4 Then I saw all labor and every skillful work, that a man is envied for this by his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.