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ἔκδοτον σεαυτὴν τῷ σύροντι ποταμῷ τῶν πραγμάτων ἐᾶσαι → abandon yourself to the eddying flow of events

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ἄνω ποταμῶν ἱερῶν χωροῦσι παγαί → the springs of sacred rivers flow upward

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ποταμῷ γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμβῆναι δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ → it is impossible to step twice in the same river, you cannot step twice into the same rivers

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πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention

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Τί κοινότατον; ἐλπίς. καὶ γὰρ οἷς ἄλλο μηδέν, αὕτη πάρεστι –> What is most common? Hope. For those who have nothing else, that is always there.

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ἀπομυξάμενος, ὦ Δῆμέ, μου πρὸς τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀποψῶ –> blow your nose, Demos, and wipe your hand on my head

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πάντες ἄνθρωποι τοῦ εἰδέναι ὀρέγονται φύσει → all men naturally desire knowledge

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οὐ καταισχυνῶ τὰ ὅπλα τὰ ἱερά → I will never bring reproach upon my hallowed arms

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ἔφερον ὑφ' ἥπατος → I carried you in my womb

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μισῶ σοφιστὴν ὅστις οὐχ αὑτῷ σοφός → I hate the sage who recks not his own rede, I hate the sage who is not wise for himself, I hate the wise man who is not wise on his own

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οὐκ ἔστι λύπης ἄλγημα μεῖζον → there is no greater pain than grief

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οὐκ ἔστι λύπης, ἄν περ ὀρθῶς τις σκοπῇ, ἄλγημα μεῖζον τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώπου φύσει –> amongst the natural ills of man there is, if one but look at it aright, no greater pain than grief

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καιρὸς πρὸς ἀνθρώπων βραχὺ μέτρον ἔχει → time and tide wait for no man

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περιέλκω τοὔνομα → drag one's good name in the mire, drag one's good name to the mud, drag one's good name to the mud, drag name through the mud, drag one's name through the mud

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οὔ τι φατειός → unutterable, unspeakable, ineffable

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ὕδωρ πίοιμι ἐλευθέριον → may I become free, may I drink a freedman's water, may I drink a freedwoman's water

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ἄνθρωποι κενεῆς οἰήσιος ἔμπλεοι ἀσκοί –> oh men, wineskins full of empty opinion

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ἀσκὸς ὕστερον δεδάρθαι κἀπιτετρίφθαι γένος → I'd be willing to be flayed into a wineskin afterwards and to have my line wiped out

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ἢν εὑρίσκῃ πλέω τε καὶ μέζω τὰ ἀδικήματα ἐόντα τῶν ὑπουργημάτων, οὕτω τῷ θυμῷ χρᾶται –> it happens that the crimes are greater and more numerous than the services, when one gives way to anger

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οὐ γὰρ γίνονται ἐκπλήξιες τῆς γνώμης οὔτε μετάστασις ἰσχυρὴ τοῦ σώματος –> therefore, they experience no mental anxiety and no physical shocks

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