According to his pupil Xenophon, Socrates felt that, at age 70, he would be better off dead than to linger in exile or confinement.

根据他的学生Xenophon记述，苏格拉底认为，在自已七十岁高龄时选择流亡或监禁并不明智。

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We'd all be better off dead, " or perhaps more accurately still, " all be better off never having been born in the first place."

我们死了会更好，“或者更准确地说，“没有出生会更好“

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But if the contents get bad enough, then you'd be better off dead.

但是如果生活内容极为糟糕，那么你死了更好。

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You'd be better off, well, you'd be better off dead, right?

死掉会更好，不是吗？

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Some 8% had had thoughts of being better off dead or of hurting themselves at least several times during the period.

BBC: Cancer patients 'left suicidal'