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ψυχῆς ἀγαθῆς πατρὶς ὁ ξύμπας κόσμος -> the whole universe is the fatherland of a good soul

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μέγα πνεῦμα καὶ πολλὴν θάλασσαν -> strong wind and high waves

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ἐν εἴδει παροιμίας τίθεσθαι -> to consider as an example

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ὀψὲ θεῶν ἀλέουσι μύλοι, ἀλέουσι δὲ λεπτά –> the millstones of the gods grind late, but they grind fine

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γλαῦξ ἐν πόλει -> Jack's as good as his master, Jack is as good as his master

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τίς γλαῦκ' Ἀθήναζ' ἤγαγεν -> who brings owls to Athens

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σίδηρος σίδηρον ὀξύνει –> iron is sharpened with iron

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εἰς πέλαγος σπέρµα βαλεῖν καὶ γράµµατα γράψαι ἀµφότερος µόχθος τε κενὸς καὶ πρᾶξις ἄκαρπος -> throwing seeds and writing letters at sea are both a vain and fruitless endeavor

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μὴ κακὸν εὖ ἔρξῃς· σπείρειν ἴσον ἔστ' ἐνὶ πόντῳ -> do no good to a bad man; it is like sowing in the sea

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ἔργον οὐδὲν ὄνειδος, ἀεργίη δέ τ' ὄνειδος –> work is no disgrace, but idleness is disgrace | work is no disgrace, but idleness is | work is no disgrace; it is idleness which is a disgrace | work is no disgrace; the disgrace is idleness | work is no disgrace, not working is a disgrace

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ἀσελγόπυγος -> sodomite, sodomitess, person who has anal sex, woman who has anal sex;

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ὑπὲρ κεφαλῆς γῆρας ὑπερκρέμαται -> old age hangs over one's head

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πᾶσα γυνὴ τοῦ λύχνου ἀρθέντος ἡ αὐτή ἐστι -> all women are the same in the dark, all women are the same when the lights go out

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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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