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
P. and V. δεινῶς, Ar. and P. θαυμασίως, ὑπερφυῶς, P. θαυμαστῶς, ἀμηχάνως.