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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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εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν πάντοτε, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων –> blessed is our God always, now and ever, and to the ages of ages

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ἔνθα οὐκ ἔστι πόνος, οὐ λύπη, οὐ στεναγμός, ἀλλὰ ζωὴ ἀτελεύτητος –> where there is no pain, no sorrow, no sighing, but life everlasting

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μεριμνᾷς καὶ τυρβάζῃ περὶ πολλά → you are worried and bothered about so many things, thou art careful and troubled about many things, you are worried and upset about many things

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ὅπλον μέγιστόν ἐστιν ἡ ἀρετή βροτοῖς → man's greatest weapon is virtue, virtue is the greatest weapon for mortals

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ῥύπος γυνὴ πέφυκεν ἠργυρωμένος → woman is silver-plated dirt, woman is dirt covered with silver

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οὐκ ἔστιν αἰσχρὸν ἀγνοοῦντα μανθάνειν –> there is no shame in, not knowing, inquiring

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ἐὰν δ' ἔχωμεν χρήμαθ', ἕξομεν φίλους –> if we have money, then we will have friends | if we have money, we shall have friends

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ῥύπος περιηργυρωμένος → silver-plated filth

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ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ ἐξίτηλα γένηται → in order that so the memory of the past may not be blotted out from among men by time

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ὁ ὑπεράπειρον ἔχων τῆς ἀγαθότητος τὸ ἀνεξιχνίαστον πέλαγος → who possesses an infinite and inscrutable sea of goodness

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