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τὸν ἀπὸ γραμμᾶς κινεῖν λίθον -> move one's man from this line, move a piece from this line, try one's last chance, make a last ditch effort

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τὸ φῶς τὸ ἄδυτον καὶ ἀνέσπερον –> undimmed and unsetting light | never-setting, undimmed light

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ἐστιν / ἐστὶν -> why no accent and what should be the monotonic accentuation?

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ἄνθρωπος ἄνθρωπος -> any one, anyone

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μιαιφόνως-> murderously, in a bloodthirsty manner

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προτεραῖος -> previous, former

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τεθνάναι τῷ δέει -> be in mortal fear of, be in mortal dread of, be in mortal terror of, be dead scared of

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διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ -> And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing

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βέλτιόν ἐστι σῶμά γ' ἢ ψυχὴν νοσεῖν -> it is better to be sick in respect to the body than in respect to the soul [Menander Monostichoi 75]

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πωγωνοτροφία φιλόσοφoν οὐ ποιεῖ -> a long beard does not make the philosopher

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οὐκ ἔχω προσεικάσαι -> I am not able to guess by comparison

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οὐ γὰρ εἰς περιουσίαν ἐπράττετ' αὐτοῖς τὰ τῆς πόλεως -> for selfish greed had no place in their statesmanship

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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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ὁ δὲ πείσεται εἰς ἀγαθόν περ -> he will obey you to his profit, he will obey you for his own good end

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ὁ Κρὴς τὸν πόντον ἀγνοεῖ -> the Cretan knows nothing of the sea, feign ignorance

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κράτιστοι δ᾽ ἂν τὴν ψυχὴν δικαίως κριθεῖεν οἱ τά τε δεινὰ καὶ ἡδέα σαφέστατα γιγνώσκοντες καὶ διὰ ταῦτα μὴ ἀποτρεπόμενοι ἐκ τῶν κινδύνων -> the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it | and they are most rightly reputed valiant who, though they perfectly apprehend both what is dangerous and what is easy, are never the more thereby diverted from adventuring

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κεκλημένον βαρβαρικῶς -> called in the language of the country

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ἡ τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων κοπίς -> the cleaver of my speeches

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οὕτως καὶ ἡ πίστις, ἐὰν μὴ ἔχῃ ἔργα, νεκρά ἐστιν καθ' ἑαυτήν -> so even the Faith, if it does not have deeds, and is on its own, is dead | the Faith without works is dead

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ἐπάμεροι· τί δέ τις; τί δ' οὔ τις; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος -> Neverlasting: What is a somebody? What is a nobody? You are a dream of a shadow | Creatures of a day. What is a someone, what is a no one? Man is the dream of a shade.

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