κακῶς ζῆν κρεῖσσον ἢ καλῶς θανεῖν → better to live ignobly than to die nobly, better to live badly than to die well
P. and V. βεβαίως, ἀσφαλῶς, V. ἀραρότως (also Plato but rare P.), V. ἐμπέδως.