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
νευρόσπαστα: τά движущиеся куклы, марионетки Xen., Luc.
