Ramayana
श्रेयो हि मरणं मे ऽद्य मृत्युर्वा यत्परं भवेत् । न चास्मिन्नीदृशे कार्ये नियोज्यो लोकनिन्दिते ॥ 7-47-5 ॥
"Better for me would be death this very day, or whatever fate may be still worse, than to be appointed to such a deed as this, one condemned by the world."
english translation