Better a live dog than a dead lion

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Better a live dog than a dead lion

Life is preferable to death, even if it is difficult. "Life is wonderful, considering the alternative."

("For a live dog is better than a dead lion; for the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten" - Ecclesiastes 9:4. And also: "Here, my friends, we see the ivy on the wall / the live dog that is better off" - Dan Pagis / Guided Tour)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

טוֹב כֶּלֶב חַי מִן הָאַרְיֵה הַמֵּת

Definition (Hebrew)

הַחַיִּים עֲדִיפִים עַל פְּנֵי הַמָּוֶות גַּם אִם הֵם קָשִׁים. "הַחַיִּים הֵם נִפְלָאִים בְּהִתְחַשֵּׁב בָּאַלְטֶרְנָטִיבָה".

("כִּי לְכֶלֶב חַי הוּא טוֹב מִן הָאַרְיֵה הַמֵּת. כִּי הַחַיִּים יוֹדְעִים שֶׁיָּמֻתוּ וְהַמֵּתִים אֵינָם יוֹדְעִים מְאוּמָה וְאֵין עוֹד לָהֶם שָׂכָר כִּי נִשְׁכַּח זִכְרָם"- קֹהֶלֶת ט ד, וְכֵן:כָּאן, רַבּוֹתַי, אֲנַחְנוּ רוֹאִים אֶת הָאֵזוֹב שֶׁבַּקִּיר/ אֶת הַכֶּלֶב הַחַי שֶׁטּוֹב לוֹ"- דָּן פָּגִיס/ טִיּוּל מֻדְרָךְ)

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