From Plato: 'A person whose mind has true greatness, who has made a habit of thinking about all of time and all things in general — do you think this mortal life can seem like a big deal to him? It's not possible, he answered. Then such a person won't consider death a terrible thing either? Not at all.'
Out of Plato. 'He then whose mind is endowed with true magnanimity, who hath accustomed himself to the contemplation both of all times, and of all things in general; can this mortal life (thinkest thou) seem any great matter unto him? It is not possible, answered he. Then neither will such a one account death a grievous thing? By no means.'