Gaha Sattasai 42

42

āraṃbhaṃtassa dhuaṃ lacchī maraṇaṃ va hoi purisassa /
taṃ maraṇam aṇāraṃbhe vi hoi lacchī uṇa ṇa hoi /

For a man who undertakes an enterprise, Fortune or death is certain;
that death occurs even without undertaking, but Fortune does not.