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ἓν τὸ σοφὸν μοῦνον λέγεσθαι οὐκ ἐθέλει καὶ ἐθέλει Ζηνὸς ὄνομα –> one thing, the only wise thing, does, and does not, wish to be called by the name of Zeus

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τῆς ἐπιμελείας πάντα δοῦλα γίγνεται → everything is a slave to diligence

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πάντων δ' ὅσ' ἔστ' ἔμψυχα καὶ γνώμην ἔχει γυναῖκές ἐσμεν ἀθλιώτατον φυτόν –> of all creatures that have breath and sensation, we women are the most unfortunate

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φεῦγε διχοστασίην καὶ ἔριν, πολέμου προσιόντος → flee dissension and strife when war is drawing near

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μοῦνος δ' ἔτι μῦθος ὁδοῖο λείπεται ὡς ἔστιν· ταύτῃ δ' ἐπὶ σήματ' ἔασι πολλὰ μάλ', ὡς ἀγένητον ἐὸν καὶ ἀνώλεθρόν ἐστιν οὖλον μουνογενές τε καὶ ἀτρεμὲς ἠδ' ἀτέλεστον· οὐδέ ποτ' ἦν οὐδ' ἔσται, ἐπεὶ νῦν ἔστιν ὁμοῦ πᾶν, ἕν, συνεχές –> One path only is left for us to speak of, namely, that It is. In it are very many tokens that what is is uncreated and indestructible; for it is complete, immovable, and without end. Nor was it ever, nor will it be; for now it is, all at once, a continuous one.

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τὸ τεχνίον, ὃ ἔμαθες, φίλει, τούτῳ προσαναπαύου· τὸ δὲ ὑπόλοιπον τοῦ βίου διέξελθε, ὡς θεοῖς μὲν ἐπιτετροφὼς τὰ σεαυτοῦ πάντα ἐξ ὅλης τῆς ψυχῆς, ἀνθρώπων δὲ μηδενὸς μήτε τύραννον μήτε δοῦλον σεαυτὸν καθιστάς –> Your humble vocation that you have acquired, you should cherish and rely on; because you should pass the rest of your life with your soul nurtured by the divine. And don't make yourself neither the tyrant nor the slave to anyone.

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ἀρκεῖ δ' ἁ μέλλησις → intent suffices, take the will for the deed

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γηράσκω δ' αἰεὶ πολλὰ διδασκόμενος –> as I grow old I am always learning many things | I grow old, always learning many things

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ἔστι δὲ τοῦτο θεῖον τὸ πρᾶγμα, καὶ τοῦτο ἐν θνητῷ ὄντι τῷ ζῴῳ ἀθάνατον ἔνεστιν, ἡ κύησις καὶ ἡ γέννησις –> this thing is divine, and this immortal thing —pregnancy and birth— resides in a creature who is mortal

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ὅτι οἱ μὲν γυμναστικῇ ἀκράτῳ χρησάμενοι ἀγριώτεροι τοῦ δέοντος ἀποβαίνουσιν, οἱ δὲ μουσικῇ μαλακώτεροι αὖ γίγνονται ἢ ὡς κάλλιον αὐτοῖς –> those who have submitted to constant athletic training end up wilder than is necessary and those devoted to music become accordingly more effeminate than would be good for them, the devotees of unmitigated gymnastics turn out more brutal than they should be and those of music softer than is good for them

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ψυχῆς νοσούσης ἐστὶ φάρμακον λόγος → the sick soul by a healing word is cured

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βίος βίου δεόμενος οὐκ ἔστιν βίος → the indigent life is no life | life fearing life is not life | the life that is afraid of living, is not a life

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μισῆται δὲ γυναῖκες ὀλίσβωσι χρήσονται → hated women use dildos

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γυνὴ ἀνδρὸς ἐλεημονέστερον καὶ ἀρίδακρυ μᾶλλον, ἔτι δὲ φθονερώτερον καὶ μεμψιμοιρότερον, καὶ φιλολοίδορον μᾶλλον καὶ πληκτικώτερον –> a wife is more compassionate than a husband and more given to tears, but also more jealous and complaining and more apt to scold and fight

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συλλογίσασθαι δὴ βούλομαι τὰ κατηγορημένα ἀπ' ἀρχῆς, ἵν' ὅσα ὑμῖν ὑπεσχόμην ἀρχόμενος τοῦ λόγου δείξω πεποιηκώς –> I desire, then, to tally up the accusations I have made from the beginning of the speech so that I can show that I have fulfilled all the promises I made to you when I began

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δημοβόρος βασιλεὺς ἐπεὶ οὐτιδανοῖσιν ἀνάσσεις → you are a people eating king who rules over nobodies

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τὰ χρήματ' ἀνθρώποισιν εὑρίσκει φίλους → money finds men friends

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ἀναφανῆναι μούναρχος → to be declared king

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ἀβίωτον τὸν ἔπειτα χρόνον βιοτεύσει → live henceforth a life that is no life at all

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οὔποτε φήσω γάμον εὐφραίνειν πλέον ἢ λυπεῖν → I shall never henceforth say that marriage causes more joy than pain

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