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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)

Started by spiros

ἀγάπην -> love, charity

Started by bob144

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

Started by spiros

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

Started by spiros

ἐὰν ᾖς φιλομαθής, ἔσει πολυμαθής –> if you are studious, you will become learned

Started by new

πάντα ἐργασία νικᾷ -> work conquers all

Started by mightymo5

ἔρως ἀνίκατε μάχαν -> O love, invincible in battle! (Sophocles, "Antigone" 781)

Started by RKAT

οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν -> I was not born to hate, but to love | Tis not my nature to join in hating, but in loving (Sophocles, Antigone 523)

Started by spiros

φοβοῦ τὸ γῆρας, οὐ γὰρ ἔρχεται μόνον -> fear old age, for it never comes alone

Started by zorba

Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος (Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 1:1) -> In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Started by Leon « 1 2 »

Μηδείς ἀγεωμέτρητος εἰσίτω μου τὴν στέγην -> let no one ignorant of geometry come under my roof (inscription on Plato's Academy, acc. to Pseudo-Galen, De partibus philosophiae 2.5)

Started by Amusesmile

ἀμείνω δ᾽ αἴσιμα πάντα (Odyssey VII.310 / XV.71) -> all things are better in moderation

Started by AnnaLU

πάντα [χω]ρεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει -> everything flows and nothing stands still, everything gives way and nothing stands still (Heraclitus via Plato, "Cratylus" 402a)

Started by Tzatziki

δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται -> when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood (Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 123)

Started by ExoGonia

Πλέων επί οίνοπα πόντον επ' αλλοθρόους ανθρώπους (Odyssey 1.183) -> While sailing over the wine-dark sea to men of strange speech

Started by BethanieKay

προάστιον τῆς ἄκρας -> the suburb of the citadel, the suburb of the acropolis

Started by aleka « 1 2 »

κτῆμα ἐς ἀεί -> a possession for all time (Thucydides 1.22)

Started by m1rr0rshade

δεδώκαμεν πίστιν -> we have given assurance

Started by dude12

Δός μοι πᾷ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινήσω -> Give me a place to stand, and I will move the Earth (Archimedes)

Started by spiros2033