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Ο αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

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οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν –> neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

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οἷς τὰ ὁρώμενα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνδίδωσι, καὶ οἷον ὑπήνεμα διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰ πάθη ταῖς ψυχαῖς εἰστοξεύονται –> who taketh his beginning and occasion from something which is seen, and then his passion, as though wind borne, shoots through the eyes and into the heart

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οὐκ ἐπιθυμήσεις τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ πλησίον σου → thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife

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οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος –> for health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

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σᾶμα → sign, mark, token, sign from heaven, omen, portent, sign to do something, sign to begin something, watchword, battle-sign, signal, sign by which a grave is known, mound, cairn, barrow, grave, tomb, mark to show the cast of a quoit, mark to show the cast of a javelin, boundary, device, bearing, seal, bearing on a shield

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ὁπόσον τῷ ποδὶ περρέχει τᾶς γᾶς, τοῦτο χάρις → every inch of his stature is grace, from top to toe he's a complete charmer

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θαλερὴ δέ οἱ ἔσχετο φωνή → her quivering voice was held in check

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κύματα θαρσαλέως ποντοπόρει βιότου → the waves of life make bold furrows, travel boldly over the waves of life

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οὕτως ἔσονται οἱ ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι καὶ οἱ πρῶτοι ἔσχατοι· πολλοὶ γάρ εἰσι κλητοί, ὀλίγοι δὲ ἐκλεκτοί → so the last shall be first and the first last for many be called but few chosen

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πρὸ συντριβῆς ἡγεῖται ὕβρις → pride goeth before destruction, pride comes before a fall, pride goes before a fall, pride goeth before a fall, pride wenteth before a fall, pride cometh before a fall, pride comes before the fall

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οὐ λήψει τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου ἐπὶ ματαίω → thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain

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ὑλακή → barking, howling

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ὅθεν λοιπὸν ἐπιτευκτικῶς καὶ ἐν τούτῳ ὁ µακάριος πράξας, ἔµεινεν ἀγαλλόµενος τῷ πνεύµατι· καὶ δοξάζων τὸν θεὸν ἐπὶ τῇ µεγαλειότητι αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἐκείνῳ ἀπελάσας καὶ τὰ ἀκάθαρτα πνεύµατα τὰ ἐκεῖσε ἐπὶ λύµῃ τῆς τῶν ἀνθρώπων σωτηρἰας –> Thus, then, the blessed one achieved his aim here, too, and continuing to rejoice in the Spirit, and glorifying God for his greatness, he expelled from this place the impure spirits that lurked there so as to obstruct the salvation of human beings

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οὕτω τι βαθὺ καὶ μυστηριῶδες ἡ σιγὴ καὶ νηφάλιον, ἡ δὲ μέθη λάλον –> silence is something profound and mysterious and sober, but drunkenness chatters

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ἀνδρῶν γὰρ σωφρόνων μέν ἐστιν, εἰ μὴ ἀδικοῖντο, ἡσυχάζειν → for it is the part of prudent men to remain quiet if they should not be wronged

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συνετῶν μὲν ἀνδρῶν, πρὶν γενέσθαι τὰ δυσχερῆ, προνοῆσαι ὅπως μὴ γένηται· ἀνδρείων δέ, γενόμενα εὖ θέσθαι –> it is the part of prudent men, before difficulties arise, to provide against their arising; and of courageous men to deal with them when they have arisen

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αὐτάρκης ἔσῃ, ἂν μάθῃς τί τὸ καλὸν κἀγαθόν ἐστι –> you will be contented with your lot if you learn what the honourable and good is

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λόγος γέ τοί τις ἔστι τῶν γεραιτέρων, ὅσ' ἂν ἀνόητ' ἢ µῶρα βουλευσώµεθα, ἅπαντ' ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον ἡµῖν ξυµφέρειν –> there is in fact a saying among the elders, that whatever thoughtless, stupid decisions we make, they all turn out for the best for us

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ὑπὸ δὲ οἴστρου ἀεὶ ἑλκομένη ψυχή → a soul always dragged along by the fury of passion

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