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
[Seite 12] Opp. Hal. 3, 360 nach Schneider; die gew. Form ἠγερέθομαι, s. unten.