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
δέμας, δίκην, ἐν τρόπῳ, ἐν τρόποις, τρόπον