An idea from The Trial and Death of Socrates

Asked if he was ashamed of a life that risked death, he said a good man asks only whether he is doing right or wrong. As for dying, “the fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretence of knowing the unknown”.

From The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato

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