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By Socrates
Wherefore, O judges, be of good cheer about death, and know of a certainty, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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- Apology, 1892 · Apology, Stephanus 41c-d
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- Plato, translated by Benjamin Jowett (Project Gutenberg text, eBook #1656)
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As reported by Plato in the Apology (Jowett translation). Socrates is the speaker, in his defence speech at his trial in 399 BC. He wrote nothing himself. Socrates says it to the jurors who voted to acquit him, after the death sentence.