κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → death is better than a life of misery, it is better not to live at all than to live in misery
[Seite 126] dasselbe, ἀλλήλοισι ν ήγορόωντο Ap Rh. 2, 1228; Qu. Sm. 10, 191; in Prosa, Tim. Locr. 98 e.
