τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery
pitilessly: P. ἀνηλεῶς, V. νηλεῶς, ἀναλγήτως, ἀνοίκτως.