Far. Yes, it ceases whenever you sleep dreamlessly, or when, from one cause or another, you are deprived of your senses.
Mal. But never, so long as we are sensible that we live.
Far. Never.
Mal. So that in fact it were better not to live than to live.
Far. If the absence of unhappiness be better than unhappiness itself.
Mal. Then?
Far. Then if you would like to give me your soul before its time, I am ready to carry it away with me.