κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
(see also: ἐνθωρακίζω, ἐνθωρακίζομαι) arm oneself with breastplate
