begging them not to connive at their destruction

From LSJ

Ζωῆς πονηρᾶς θάνατος αἱρετώτερος → Satius mori quam calamitose vivere → Dem schlechten Leben vorzuziehen ist der Tod

Menander, Monostichoi, 193

English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)

δεόμενοι μὴ σφᾶς περιορᾶν φθειρομένους

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