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οὐκ ἔστιν χαίρειν τοῖς ἀσεβέσιν → no rest for the wicked, no peace to the wicked

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ἀνθρώπινόν τι παθεῖν → die, suffer the fate of humans, go the way of all flesh

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ὀπλῖται δρόμοι → mailed races, races of men in armour, races of men in armor

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ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῶν ἐπιγνώσεσθε αὐτούς → ye shall know them by their fruits, by their fruits ye shall know them, by their fruits you shall know them, you will know them by their fruit

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ὁ γιγνώσκων → one who knows, a prudent person, the perceiver

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τὰ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων πράγματα → all the trouble in the world

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αἱ μέν ἀποφάσεις ἐπί τῶν θείων ἀληθεῖς, αἱ δέ καταφάσεις ἀνάρμοστοι τῇ κρυφιότητι τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων –> as concerns the things of the gods, negative pronouncements are true, but positive ones are inadequate to their hidden character

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χαῖρ', ὦ μέγ' ἀχρειόγελως ὅμιλε, ταῖς ἐπίβδαις, τῆς ἡμετέρας σοφίας κριτὴς ἄριστε πάντων –> all hail, throng that laughs untimely on the day after the festival, best of all judges of our poetic skill

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πενθητήριοι βόθροι → trenches in which mourners lay

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λιμῷ ὅσαπερ ὄψῳ διαχρῆσθε → hunger is a good sauce, hunger is the best pickle, hunger is the best sauce, hunger is the best seasoning, hunger is the best spice

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Ζεὺς οἶδε μοῖράν τ' ἀμμορίην τ' ἀνθρώπων → Zeus knows what is man's fate and what is not, Zeus knows man's good and bad fortune

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τὴν αὐτοκράτορα ἀρχὴν περινοέω → meditate empire

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οὕτως ἐξ ἐχθρῶν αὐτοκτόνα πέμπετο δῶρα, ἐν χάριτος προφάσει μοῖραν ἔχοντα μόρου –> thus mutual gifts that bring death were bestowed by enemies, gifts that brought the lot of death in the name of a favor

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κοινὸν τύχη, γνώμη δὲ τῶν κεκτημένων –> good luck is anyone's, judgment belongs only to those who possess it

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μὴ κρίνετε, ἵνα μὴ κριθῆτε → do not judge, or you will be judged | do not judge, lest you should be judged | judge not, that ye be not judged | judge not, that you be not judged | do not judge, so that you will not be judged | do not judge so that you will not be judged | do not judge lest you be judged | do not judge, so that you won't be judged | you shall not judge, lest you be judged | don't condemn others, and God won't condemn you | judge not, that you may not be judged | stop judging so that you will not be judged | do not judge others, so that God will not judge you

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ὑμέναιον ἄνορμον εἰσπλεῖν → sail into a marriage that is no haven

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οὐ μακαριεῖς τὸν γέροντα, καθ' ὅσον γηράσκων τελευτᾷ, ἀλλ' εἰ τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς συμπεπλήρωται· ἕνεκα γὰρ χρόνου πάντες ἐσμὲν ἄωροι –> do not count happy the old man who dies in old age, unless he is full of goods; in fact we are all unripe in regards to time

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σοφώτατον χρόνος· ἀνευρίσκει γὰρ πάντα → time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light

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ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας –> time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick

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ἀνάτως → with impunity

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