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οἱ βάρβαροι γὰρ ἄνδρας ἡγοῦνται μόνους τοὺς πλεῖστα δυναμένους καταφαγεῖν καὶ πιεῖν -> for great feeders and heavy drinkers are alone esteemed as men by the barbarians

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νόσημα γὰρ αἴσχιστον εἶναί φημι συνθέτους λόγους -> for I consider false words to be the foulest sickness

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κρειττότερον ἐστὶν εἰδέναι ἐν μέσῃ τῇ Πόλει φακιόλιον βασιλεῦον Τούρκου, ἢ καλύπτραν λατινικήν –> I would rather see a Turkish turban in the midst of the City than the Latin mitre

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ἐγχειρίζεται τὴν προστασίαν τῶν ἀδελφῶν

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ἡ δὲ φύσις φεύγει τὸ ἄπειρον· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἄπειρον ἀτελές, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἀεὶ ζητεῖ τέλος –> nature, however, avoids what is infinite, because the infinite lacks completion and finality, whereas this is what Nature always seeks

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πρὸ τῆς φύσεως ἥκειν εἰς θάνατον -> die before the natural term, die before one's time

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φύσις κρύπτεσθαι φιλεῖ -> nature loves to conceal herself, nature loves to hide, concealment accompanies Physis, concealment remains with physis like a friend, the natural companion of physis is concealment, physis naturally seeks to remain something of a mystery

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τῶν δύο φύσεων -> of the vagina and anus;

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ἅμιλλα αἵματος -> bloody strife, bloody quarrel

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ἐπιπόλαια γὰρ λέγομεν τὰ παντὶ δῆλα -> by superficial we mean those that are obvious to all

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ἀναδίδωμι τὸν τόνον -> throw back accent

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φιλοσοφώτερον καὶ σπουδαιότερον ποίησις ἱστορίας ἐστίν: ἡ μὲν γὰρ ποίησις μᾶλλον τὰ καθόλου, ἡ δ' ἱστορία τὰ καθ' ἕκαστον λέγει –> poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts

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ἀποφθάρηθι ἐκ τῆς πόλεως -> get the hell out of the city;

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σιτία εἰς ἀμίδα μὴ ἐμβάλλειν -> cast not pearls before swine, do not throw pearls before swine

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ὢ τὴς ἀμαθίας -> claptrap, bollocks, a load of crap, what a load of crap

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κωλάνεμος -> demon of colic, fart;

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τὸ ἓν καὶ τὸ ὂν πολλαχῶς λέγεται -> the term being and the term one are used in many ways, one and being have various meanings, one and being have many senses

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χρῆσθαι ἑαυτῷ -> manage oneself

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Κρόνου καὶ Ἰαπετοῦ ἀρχαιότερος -> more ancient than Cronos and Iapetus, ante-preadamite, antediluvian

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μαστροπεύω τῇ ἡδονῇ -> prostitute oneself for pleasure

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