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συνεστιώμενον θηρίον → a wild beast that shares one's board

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κακὸν φέρουσι καρπὸν οἱ κακοὶ φίλοι → evil friends bear evil fruit, wicked friends bear wicked fruit, bad friends bear bad fruit

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ἀναμαρτήτως ζῆν καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀλύπως → live in a manner above reproach and without offence to others

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ἀλύπως τοῖς ἄλλοις ζῶ → live without offence to others

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οἱ τοῖς πέλας ἐπιβουλεύοντες, λανθάνουσι πολλὰκις ὑφ' ἑτέρων τοῦτ' αὐτὸ πάσχοντες –> when people plot against their neighbours, they fall victim to the same sort of plot themselves

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έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless | Tell him yourself, poor brother, what it is you need! For abundance of words, bringing delight or being full of annoyance or pity, can sometimes lend a voice to those who are speechless.

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ἐμελανειμόνησεν ὁ οὐρανός → the sky was darkened, the sky was overcast

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ἁγὼν ᾑρέθη → the fight was won

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καὶ ἄλλως δὲ πολυειδῶς συζευγνύουσι τοῖς πράγµασι τὰ µαθήµατα, ὡς καὶ τῶν πραγµάτων ὁµοιοῦσθαι τοῖς µαθήµασι δυναµένων καὶ τῶν µαθηµάτων τοῖς πράγµασι φύσιν ἐχόντων ἀπεικάζεσθαι καὶ ἀµφοτέρων πρὸς ἄλληλα ἀνθοµοιουµένων –> they couple mathematical objects to things in several other ways as well, since things can be assimilated to mathematical objects, and mathematical objects can by nature be likened to things, both being in a relation of mutual resemblance

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ἄνθρωπος ὢν ἥμαρτον· οὐ θαυμαστέον → being human I made a mistake; there is nothing remarkable about it

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γλῶσσα μὲν ἀνόστεος, ὀστέα δὲ θλάττει → angry words are bullets, many words hurt more than swords, one can kill with a word, one can kill with words, pen is mightier than the sword, the pen is mightier than the sword, tongue is not steel, tongue is sharper than any sword, tongue wounds more than a lance, word can hurt, word can kill, words are bullets, words are the greatest weapon, words are the new weapons, words are weapons, words can hurt, words can hurt more than swords, words can kill, words cut deeper than a knife, words cut deeper than any sword

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ἀδικία ἕξις ὑπεροπτικὴ νόμων → injustice: the state of despising the laws

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μούνη γὰρ ἄγειν οὐκέτι σωκῶ λύπης ἀντίρροπον ἄχθος → I have no longer strength to bear alone the burden of grief that weighs me down, I no longer have the strength to hold up alone the weight of grief that pushes against me, I no longer have the strength to counterbalance alone the weight of grief that acts as counterweight, I have no longer strength to balance alone the counterpoising weight of sorrow

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κριθῆς μάτια δύο

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ἀμύητον μὴ εἰσιέναι → the uninitiated are not permitted to enter, the uninitiated should not enter, entrance to the uninitiated is forbidden

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ὁ τρώσας καὶ ἰάσεται → he that wounded shall heal, he who has wounded will also heal

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ψυχῆς πείρατα ἰὼν οὐκ ἂν ἐξεύροιο πᾶσαν ἐπιπορευόμενος ὁδόν· οὕτω βαθὺν λόγον ἔχει –> one would never discover the limits of soul, should one traverse every road—so deep a measure does it possess

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τί ἥδιστον, τὸ ἐπιτυγχάνειν –> what's pleasant, to get the goal

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ὦ Θάνατε Θάνατε, νῦν μ' ἐπίσκεψαι μολών –> o Death, Death, come now and lay your eyes on me | o death death, come now and look upon me

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ἡ Νέμεσις προλέγει τῷ πήχεϊ τῷ τε χαλινῷ μήτ' ἄμετρόν τι ποιεῖν μήτ' ἀχάλινα λέγειν → Nemesis warns us by her cubit-rule and bridle neither to do anything without measure nor to be unbridled in our speech

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