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φιλεῖ δέ τοι, δαιμόνιε, τῷ κάμνοντι συσπεύδειν θεός –> you know, my good fellow, when a man strives hard, a god tends to lend him aid

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ἄφεσις ἁμαρτιῶν → remission of sins

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Μεταλαμβάνει ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ Θεοῦ (Ὄνομα) Σῶμα καὶ Αἷμα Χριστοῦ, εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν καὶ ζωὴν αἰώνιον. Ἀμήν. –> The servant of God (Name) partakes of the Body and Blood of Christ for the remission of sins and life eternal.

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Ἀῤῥαβωνίζεται ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ Θεοῦ (ὁ δεῖνα) τὴν δούλην τοῦ Θεοῦ (τὴν δεῖνα), εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρός, καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ, καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος –> The Servant of God (…..) is betrothed to the handmaiden of God (…..) in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

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ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ Θεοῦ → the servant of god

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ὦ δυσπάλαιστον γῆρας, ὡς μισῶ σ' ἔχων, μισῶ δ' ὅσοι χρῄζουσιν ἐκτείνειν βίον, βρωτοῖσι καὶ ποτοῖσι καὶ μαγεύμασι παρεκτρέποντες ὀχετὸν ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν: οὓς χρῆν, ἐπειδὰν μηδὲν ὠφελῶσι γῆν, θανόντας ἔρρειν κἀκποδὼν εἶναι νέοις –> Old age, resistless foe, how do I loathe your presence! Them too I loathe, whoever desire to lengthen out the span of life, seeking to turn the tide of death aside by food and drink and magic spells; those whom death should take away to leave the young their place, when they no more can benefit the world

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διαμεμαστιγωμένην καὶ οὐλῶν μεστὴν ὑπὸ ἐπιορκιῶν καὶ ἀδικίας –> striped all over with the scourge, and a mass of wounds, the work of perjuries and injustice

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ἐν δὲ δικαιοσύνῃ συλλήβδην πᾶσ' ἀρετὴ ἔνι → in justice is all virtue found in sum, in justice is every virtue there is, in justice every virtue is brought together, justice contains in itself all the virtues

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πόθῳ δὲ τοῦ θανόντος ἠγκιστρωμένη ψυχὴν περισπαίροντι φυσήσει νεκρῷ → pierced by sorrow for the dead shall breathe forth her soul on the quivering body

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ἀγάπης δὲ οὐδὲν μεῖζον οὔτε ἴσον ἐστί → nothing is greater or equal to love

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οὗτος ἐγὼ ταχυτᾶτι· χεῖρες δὲ καὶ ἦτορ ἴσο → this is my speed: my hands and heart are its equal, such am I for speed; my hands and heart are just as good

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οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύ → good is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity

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μηδὲν μηδένα ζημιοῦν → cause damage to no one in anything

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τὸ δὲ ποιεῖν ἄνευ νοῦ ἃ δοκεῖ καὶ σὺ ὁμολογεῖς κακὸν εἶναι: ἢ οὔ –> but doing what one thinks fit without intelligence is—as you yourself admit, do you not?—an evil

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μόνον τὸ καλὸν ἀγαθὸν εἶναι → only the beautiful is the good, only the morally beautiful is good

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τὸ ἀγαθὸν αἱρετόν· τὸ δ' αἱρετὸν ἀρεστόν· τὸ δ' ἀρεστὸν ἐπαινετόν· τὸ δ' ἐπαινετὸν καλόν –> what is good is chosen, what is chosen is approved, what is approved is admired, what is admired is beautiful

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Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις: ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἐκείνοις τινὰ παιδοτριβούντων, ἐν οἷς ἤσκηται –> Teaching dolphins to swim: is applied to those who are teaching something among people who are already well versed in it

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μὴ κρίνετε, ἵνα μὴ κριθῆτε → do not judge, or you will be judged | do not judge, lest you should be judged | judge not, that ye be not judged | judge not, that you be not judged | do not judge, so that you will not be judged | do not judge so that you will not be judged | do not judge lest you be judged | do not judge, so that you won't be judged | you shall not judge, lest you be judged | don't condemn others, and God won't condemn you | judge not, that you may not be judged | stop judging so that you will not be judged | do not judge others, so that God will not judge you

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ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κρείττων → the hidden attunement is better than the obvi­ous one, invisible connection is stronger than visi­ble, harmony we can't see is stronger than harmony we can, unseen harmony is stronger than what we can see

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μελετᾶν οὖν χρὴ τὰ ποιοῦντα τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν, εἴπερ παρούσης μὲν αὐτῆς πάντα ἔχομεν, ἀπούσης δὲ πάντα πράττομεν εἰς τὸ ταύτην ἔχειν –> one must practice the things which produce happiness, since if that is present we have everything and if it is absent we do everything in order to have it | so we must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it

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