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Before old age I took care to live well; in old age I take care to die well; but to die well is to die willingly.

"Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium". Book by Seneca the Younger, LXI, c. 65 AD.
Before old age I took care to live well; in old age I take care to die well; but to die well is to die willingly.