A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
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Didymus the Blind
AD 398
Whoever does not focus attention on perishable goods and does not think highly of them but knows that “it is better to be with Christ after death” thinks that the day of death is better than the day of birth. The latter is the beginning of many evils; the former, however, the end and termination of evil.
