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. ἠλακάτη, ἡ (Plato), Ar. and P. ἄτρακτος, ἡ (Plato).
