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εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν πάντοτε, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων –> blessed is our God always, now and ever, and to the ages of ages

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ἔνθα οὐκ ἔστι πόνος, οὐ λύπη, οὐ στεναγμός, ἀλλὰ ζωὴ ἀτελεύτητος –> where there is no pain, no sorrow, no sighing, but life everlasting

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μεριμνᾷς καὶ τυρβάζῃ περὶ πολλά → you are worried and bothered about so many things, thou art careful and troubled about many things, you are worried and upset about many things

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ὅπλον μέγιστόν ἐστιν ἡ ἀρετή βροτοῖς → man's greatest weapon is virtue, virtue is the greatest weapon for mortals

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ῥύπος γυνὴ πέφυκεν ἠργυρωμένος → woman is silver-plated dirt, woman is dirt covered with silver

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οὐκ ἔστιν αἰσχρὸν ἀγνοοῦντα μανθάνειν –> there is no shame in, not knowing, inquiring

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ἐὰν δ' ἔχωμεν χρήμαθ', ἕξομεν φίλους –> if we have money, then we will have friends | if we have money, we shall have friends

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ῥύπος περιηργυρωμένος → silver-plated filth

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ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ ἐξίτηλα γένηται → in order that so the memory of the past may not be blotted out from among men by time

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ὁ ὑπεράπειρον ἔχων τῆς ἀγαθότητος τὸ ἀνεξιχνίαστον πέλαγος → who possesses an infinite and inscrutable sea of goodness

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ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι –> for he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height

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ἐπὶ τῷ μὴ κοινωνικῶς χρῆσθαι τοῖς εὐτυχήμασι → for not having used their success in a spirit of partnership

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ἡμῶν δ' ὅσα καὶ τὰ σώματ' ἐστὶ τὸν ἀριθμὸν καθ' ἑνός, τοσούτους ἔστι καὶ τρόπους ἰδεῖν –> whatever number of persons there are, the same will be found the number of minds and of characters

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τὸ κατὰ τὴν τῆς αὑτοῦ ψυχῆς ἐπίταξιν τὰ γιγνόμενα γίγνεσθαι, μάλιστα μὲν ἅπαντα, εἰ δὲ μή, τά γε ἀνθρώπινα –> the desire that, if possible, everything,—or failing that, all that is humanly possible—should happen in accordance with the demands of one's own heart

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βορβόρῳ δ' ὕδωρ λαμπρὸν μιαίνων οὔποθ' εὑρήσεις ποτόν –> once limpid waters are stained with mud, you'll never find a drink

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ἆρ' ἐς τὸ κάλλος ἐκκεκώφηται ξίφη → can it be that her beauty has blunted their swords, can it be that their swords are blunted at the sight of her beauty

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ἡ γὰρ συνήθεια δεινὴ τοῖς κατὰ μικρὸν ἐνοικειουμένοις πάθεσι πόρρω προαγαγεῖν τὸν ἄνθρωπον → for habituation has a strange power to lead men onward by a gradual familiarization of the feelings

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ἐπιφᾶναι τοῖς ἐν σκότει καὶ σκιᾷ θανάτου καθημένοις, τοῦ κατευθῦναι τοὺς πόδας ἡμῶν εἰς ὁδὸν εἰρήνης → to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace | to shine on those who live in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace

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θαρσεῖν χρὴ φίλε Βάττε: τάχ' αὔριον ἔσσετ' ἄμεινον –> you need to be brave, dear Battus; perhaps tomorrow will be better | Take heart, dear Battos! Tomorrow will be better.

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ἐλπίδες ἐν ζωοῖσιν, ἀνέλπιστοι δὲ θανόντες –> hope is for the living, while the dead despair

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