τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery
Ar. and P. ἀλαζών, ὁ or ἡ, V. κομπός, ὁ (Eur., Phoenissae 600).