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οἱ φῶρες προσεγκαλοῦσι → Satan rebuking sin, the devil rebuking sin, the thieves themselves accuse

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ὅταν ἑψηθῇ μέχρι ζέσεως → up to boiling heat, when it has been heated up to boiling

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οὕτως ἐξ ἐχθρῶν αὐτοκτόνα πέμπετο δῶρα, ἐν χάριτος προφάσει μοῖραν ἔχοντα μόρου –> thus mutual gifts that bring death were bestowed by enemies, gifts that brought the lot of death in the name of a favor

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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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ἔφημαι → act as assessor

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τὸν ἴδιον κίνδυνον ὑποθείς → at his own risk

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ἄμικτος θυραίω ἀνδρός → not having intercourse with men

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γέλως ἄκαιρος κλαυμάτων παραίτιος → ill-timed laughter causes tears (Menander)

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ἐπὶ ῥοπῆς μιᾶς ὄντες → depending on a single turn of the scale, at the mercy of a single weighing in the scales

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ἀεί ποτε → from of old

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ὦ γλυκύτατε → my dear fellow

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ἐπ' οὔδεϊ φῶτα καθίσσαι → bring a man to the pavement, strip a man of all he has, strip a man of all his belongings

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ὁ γὰρ μανθάνων κιθαρίζειν κιθαρίζων μανθάνει κιθαρίζειν –> he who is learning the harp, learns the harp by harping

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βότρυος ἕλικα παυσίπονον → anodyne tendril of the grape cluster

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δυοῖν κακοῖν προκειμένοιν τὸ μὴ χεῖρον βέλτιστον → the lesser of two evils, the less bad thing of a pair of bad things, better the devil you know, better the devil you know than the devil you don't, better the devil you know than the devil you don't know, better the devil you know than the one you don't, better the devil you know than the one you don't know, the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't, the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't

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μηδὲν μηδένα ζημιοῦν → cause damage to no one in anything

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μή πῃ ἡμῖν ἀπαμβλύνεται ἄλλο τι δικαιοσύνη → has our idea of justice in any way lost the edge

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ὅπου ἡ λεοντῆ μὴ ἐφικνεῖται, προσραπτέον ἐκεῖ τὴν ἀλωπεκῆν → if a lionskin doesn't do the trick, put on the fox | if force doesn't work, try cunning | where the lion's skin will not reach, it must be patched out with the fox's

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ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν –> physician, heal thyself | healer, heal thyself

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ἀνάγκῃ δ' οὐδὲ θεοὶ μάχονται → but not even gods fight necessity

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