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πωγωνοτροφία φιλόσοφoν οὐ ποιεῖ → a long beard does not make the philosopher

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ἅτε γὰρ ἐννάλιον πόνον ἐχοίσας βαθύν σκευᾶς ἑτέρας, ἀβάπτιστος εἶμι φελλὸς ὣς ὑπὲρ ἕρκος ἅλμας –> for just as when the rest of the tackle labors in the depths of the sea, like a cork I shall go undipped over the surface of the brine | as when the other part of the tackle is laboring deep in the sea, I go unsoaked like a cork above the surface of the sea

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ἐς ἥβην ὡραίαν γάμων → to an age ripe for marriage

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τελωνέω τινὰ πικρῶς → take heavy toll of one

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μηδένα πρὸ τοῦ τέλους μακάριζε → call no man happy until he dies, call no man happy till he dies, it ain't over till the fat lady sings, the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings, count no man happy until he is dead, it's not over till it's over, count no man blessed before his end

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Κολακώνυμος → Colaconymus, one who has the name of a flatterer, parasite-named

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αὐθένται θάνατοι → murders by one of the same family

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τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; –> What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger

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δέχομαι ἐν τῇ πόλει → admit into the city

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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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δι' ἐλαχίστης βουλῆς → with shortest deliberation

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πρέπει γὰρ τοὺς παῖδας ὥσπερ τῆς οὐσίας οὕτω καὶ τῆς φιλίας τῆς πατρικῆς κληρονομεῖν → it is right that children inherit their fathers' friendships just as they would their possessions

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διώκει παῖς ποτανὸν ὄρνιν → a boy chases a bird on the wing, vain pursuit

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ἄπληστος αἵματος → bloodthirsty

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πηλοῦ παχύτερος → thicker than mud, blockhead, brainless, complete and utter idiot, dead slow, dead stupid, dead thick, dimwit, dolt, dumb, dumb and dumber in one, dumbbell, dumber than a box of rocks, dumbo, dunderhead, dur-brain, empty-brained, imbecile, lamebrain, monumentally stupid, motorhead, nitwit, numbnuts, numbskull, room temperature I.Q., room temperature IQ, room-temperature I.Q., room-temperature IQ, slow on the uptake, stupid as fuck, thick as fuck, underhead

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ἥκιστα ἀνθρώπων → least of all

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ὅσα ψάμαθός τε κόνις τε → as many as sand and dust

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τοὔνομα → the name

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παροξυτόνησις → paroxytonesis, accentuation on the penultimate syllable

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σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ σὺ χεῖρα κινεῖ –> God helps those who help themselves, God helps them that help themselves, heaven helps those who help themselves, the Lord helps those who help themselves, move your hand along with Athena, move your hand along with Minerva, fortune favors the prepared mind, fortune favours the prepared mind, chance favors the prepared mind, chance favours the prepared mind

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