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
savageness: P. ἀγριότης, ἡ, P. and V. ὠμότης, ἡ; see cruelly.
