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
cosechar, recolectar fig. ζῶντος τὸ φίλτρον ἀνδρός Gr.Naz.M.37.647.