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λάθε βιώσας (lathe biōsas: Epicurus) -> live secretly, get through life without drawing attention to yourself

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ὥσπερ λίθοι τε καὶ πλίνθοι καὶ ξύλα καὶ κέραμος, ἀτάκτως μὲν ἐρριμμένα οὐδὲν χρήσιμά ἐστιν -> just as stones and bricks, woodwork and tiles, tumbled together in a heap are of no use at all (Xenophon, Memorabilia 3.1.7)

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σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος -> man is a dream of a shadow, we are a dream of a shadow, you are a dream of a shadow (Pindar, Pythian 8.95f.)

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αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων -> always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)

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Μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν (Μη, φίλα ψυχά, βίον αθάνατον σπεύδε, ταν δ’ έμπρακτον άντλει μαχανάν) -> Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible (Pindar, Pyth. 3.61f.)

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ἐξ οὗ καί / ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ / ἐν Κύπρῳ -> hence the / in/during the war / on Cyprus

Started by Leon

Πρόας του Νικία;

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διαμηρίζειν, (err.) διαμερίζειν -> intercrural intercourse (diamerizein, to do it between the thighs)

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ὄττω τις ἔραται -> whatever one loves best, whom you desire most (Sappho 1.16.4)

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τῷ κρατίστῳ -> to the best, for the best

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ὃ σὺ μισεῖς ἑτέρῳ μὴ ποιήσεις -> don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you

Started by RKAT

Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή (Hippocrates, Aphorism 1.1) -> Life is short, [the] art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult.

Started by feline_flirt

Σάββατον, sabbaton, Sabbath - can this mean "week"?

Started by sven

κάλλιστον ἐφόδιον τῷ γήρᾳ ἡ παιδεία (Aristotle, quoted by Diogenes Laertius 5.21) -> the finest provision for old age is education

Started by demeter

Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος ὁ Βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων (ΙΝΒΙ) –> Jesus from Nazareth, King of the Jews [John 19:19]

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Γνώσεσθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν (John 8:32) -> Learn the truth

Started by bikechina

μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον (μη φύναι τον άπαντα νικά λόγον) -> not to be born is, past all prizing, best | not to be born excels the whole account | not to be born exceeds every possible estimate | not to be born is, beyond all estimation, best (Sophocles' Oedipus Coloneus l. 1225)

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ἀγάπην -> love, charity

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Εάν ταις γλώσσαις των ανθρώπων λαλώ και των αγγέλων, αγάπην δε μη έχω, γέγονα χαλκός ηχών, ή κύμβαλον αλαλάζον -> Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not charity I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal

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ὃν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνήσκει νέος -> he whom the gods love dies young (Menander, fr. 125)

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