τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery
P. οὐκ ὀρθῶς ὑπολαμβάνειν, οὐκ ὀρθῶς, οἴεσθαι (Thuc. 1, 20); see also mistake.
hear wrongly: P. παρακούειν (acc. or absol.).