Dhamma Verses (Dhammapada, KN 2)

8: The Chapter about the Thousands – 114
Better to see rise and fall
Paṭācārā ran away from home with one of her slaves, had two
children and lost them both, along with her husband, parents
and brother in one day; she went mad and by and by
approached the Buddha who, recognising she was ready for
Awakening, taught her about the endless sorrow of births and
deaths, and then spoke this verse hearing which she became
an Arahat.
113. Yo ca vassasataṁ jīve apassaṁ udayabbayaṁ,
ekāhaṁ jīvitaṁ seyyo passato udayabbayaṁ.
One might live for a hundred years
without seeing rise and fall,
but a life of one day’s better
for the one seeing rise and fall.