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
Illўrĭa, æ, f., l’Illyrie : Prop. 1, 8, 2.
