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ἀλλ' οὐκ οἰωνοῖσιν ἐρύσσατο κῆρα μέλαιναν -> by no augury could he ward off black death

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νᾶφε καὶ μέμνασ' ἀπιστεῖν -> keep a clear head and remember not to believe a thing (Epicharmus fr. 250)

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νῆψις -> sobriety, alertness, mindfulness, vigilance, nepsis, nipsis

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δεῦρο ἔξω -> come forth

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ἄλλος ἀδελφόθεος τάδε Ἰούδας εύσεβέεσσι -> Jude, the other step-brother, [writes] the following to the pious

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μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ -> one swallow does not a summer make, one swallow does not a spring make, one swallow does not make a spring, one swallow does not make a summer, one swallow doesn't a spring make, one swallow doesn't a summer make, one swallow doesn't make a spring, one swallow doesn't make a summer (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1098a18)

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ὠφελέειν, ἢ μὴ βλάπτειν -> do good, or do no harm

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περί ὄνου σκιᾶς -> about the shadow of an ass, about the shadow of a donkey

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ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία -> root of all the evils is the love of money, for every possible kind of evil can be motivated by the love of money

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Μούσαις Χάρισι θῦε -> sacrifice to the Muses and Charites

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ἀντιπεπονθός -> reciprocity, requital, suffering in turn, karma;

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νῦν εὐπλόηκα, ὅτε νεναυάγηκα -> I made a prosperous voyage when I suffered shipwreck

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ὄμφακές εἰσιν -> it's sour grapes

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ταῦτα δὲ ἔδει ποιῆσαι κἀκεῖνα μὴ ἀφιέναι -> these things should have been done without neglecting the others | these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others | these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone

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εἰ μέντοι νόμον τελεῖτε βασιλικὸν κατὰ τὴν γραφήν, Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν, καλῶς ποιεῖτε -> Now if you're accomplishing the King’s Law according to scripture — Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself — you're doing the right thing (James 2:8)

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ἀλλήλων τὰ βάρη βαστάζετε, καὶ οὕτως ἀναπληρώσετε τὸν νόμον τοῦ Χριστοῦ -> Bear each other's burdens, and in that way fulfill the anointed King's Law (Galatians 6:2)

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καὶ οὐκ ἐκδικᾶταί σου ἡ χείρ, καὶ οὐ μηνιεῖς τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῦ λαοῦ σου καὶ ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν· ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος. Τὸν νόμον μου φυλάξεσθε -> Let your hand not seek vengeance; do not show wrath toward the children of your people; love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord! Keep my Torah! (Leviticus 19:18f. LXX)

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Πάντα οὖν ὅσα ἐὰν θέλητε ἵνα ποιῶσιν ὑμῖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε αὐτοῖς· οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ προφῆται -> Therefore as many things as you would like people to do for you, do also the same for them: that is the Torah, that is the prophets! (Matthew 7:12)

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ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς ἀγάπης δουλεύετε ἀλλήλοις. ὁ γὰρ πᾶς νόμος ἐν ἑνὶ λόγῳ πεπλήρωται, ἐν τῷ Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν -> but be enslaved to each other through love; for the whole Torah is fulfilled in one statement: You will love your neighbor as yourself (Galatians 5:13f.)

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συμπεφύκασι γὰρ αἱ ἀρεταὶ τῷ ζῆν ἡδέως (Epicurus' Letter to Menoeceus via Diogenes Laertius 10.132.10) -> The virtues are part and parcel of the stress-free life

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