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ὅτι οἱ μὲν γυμναστικῇ ἀκράτῳ χρησάμενοι ἀγριώτεροι τοῦ δέοντος ἀποβαίνουσιν, οἱ δὲ μουσικῇ μαλακώτεροι αὖ γίγνονται ἢ ὡς κάλλιον αὐτοῖς –> those who have submitted to constant athletic training end up wilder than is necessary and those devoted to music become accordingly more effeminate than would be good for them, the devotees of unmitigated gymnastics turn out more brutal than they should be and those of music softer than is good for them

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ψυχῆς νοσούσης ἐστὶ φάρμακον λόγος → the sick soul by a healing word is cured

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βίος βίου δεόμενος οὐκ ἔστιν βίος → life fearing life is not life

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μισῆται δὲ γυναῖκες ὀλίσβωσι χρήσονται → hated women use dildos

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γυνὴ ἀνδρὸς ἐλεημονέστερον καὶ ἀρίδακρυ μᾶλλον, ἔτι δὲ φθονερώτερον καὶ μεμψιμοιρότερον, καὶ φιλολοίδορον μᾶλλον καὶ πληκτικώτερον –> a wife is more compassionate than a husband and more given to tears, but also more jealous and complaining and more apt to scold and fight

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συλλογίσασθαι δὴ βούλομαι τὰ κατηγορημένα ἀπ' ἀρχῆς, ἵν' ὅσα ὑμῖν ὑπεσχόμην ἀρχόμενος τοῦ λόγου δείξω πεποιηκώς –> I desire, then, to tally up the accusations I have made from the beginning of the speech so that I can show that I have fulfilled all the promises I made to you when I began

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δημοβόρος βασιλεὺς ἐπεὶ οὐτιδανοῖσιν ἀνάσσεις → you are a people eating king who rules over nobodies

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τὰ χρήματ' ἀνθρώποισιν εὑρίσκει φίλους → money finds men friends

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ἀναφανῆναι μούναρχος → to be declared king

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ἀβίωτον τὸν ἔπειτα χρόνον βιοτεύσει → live henceforth a life that is no life at all

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οὔποτε φήσω γάμον εὐφραίνειν πλέον ἢ λυπεῖν → I shall never henceforth say that marriage causes more joy than pain

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ἐμοὶ δ' οὔτις ἔτ' ἔσθ': ὃς γὰρ ἔτ' ἦν, φροῦδος ἀναρπασθείς → but for me no champion remains: he who yet remained has been snatched clean away

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πένητας οὐδεὶς βούλεται κτᾶσθαι φίλους → no one cares to make the poor his friends, no one wants to have poor friends, no one wants poor people as their friends

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οὐκ ἦλθον βαλεῖν εἰρήνην, ἀλλὰ μάχαιραν –> I came not to send peace, but a sword | I didn't come to send peace, but a sword

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Θεοὶ πάντων ἀγαθῶν ἀδώρητοί τε καὶ ἀμέτοχοι → the gods are neither givers nor partakers of any good things

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δωτῆρες ἐάων → givers of good gifts, givers of good things, givers of good

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ἄφοβον ὁ θεός, ἀνύποπτον ὁ θάνατος καὶ τἀγαθὸν μὲν εὔκτητον, τὸ δὲ δεινὸν εὐεκκαρτέρητον –> don't fear god, don't worry about death; what is good is easy to get, what is terrible is easy to endure

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ὡς ἀρτιγέννητα βρέφη τὸ λογικὸν ἄδολον γάλα ἐπιποθήσατε ἵνα ἐν αὐτῷ αὐξηθῆτε εἰς σωτηρίαν –> like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation

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βιοῦν ἀλύπως θνητὸν ὄντ' οὐ ῥᾴδιον → it is difficult for mortals to live without suffering

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λόγῳ με πεῖσον, φαρμάκῳ σοφωτάτῳ –> with words convince me, the wisest medicine

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