κακῶς ζῆν κρεῖσσον ἢ καλῶς θανεῖν → better to live ignobly than to die nobly, better to live badly than to die well
adj.
P. φιλόνεικος, φιλαπεχθήμων.
Warlike: P. and V. μάχιμος (Soph., Frag.).