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ὦ καλὴ Κορίνθια -> O beautiful Corinthian (inscription found on a water fountain)

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πάντων χρηµάτων µέτρον ἐστίν ἄνθρωπος, τῶν µέν ὄντων ὡς ἐστιν, τῶν δέ οὐκ ὄντων ὡς οὐκ ἔστιν –> Man is the measure of all things, of things which are, that they are, and of things which are not, that they are not (Protagoras fr.1)

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γλυκύ δ᾽ἀπείρῳ πόλεμος, πεπειραμένων δέ τις ταρβεῖ προσιόντα, νιν καρδίᾳ περισσῶς -> A sweet thing is war to the inexperienced, but anyone who has tasted it trembles at its approach, exceedingly, in his heart (Pindar, for the Thebans, fr. 110)

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TBO OICOV NIKA

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Ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα, τοῦ Πατρός καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν -> For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost) forever and ever. Amen (Matthew 6:13, Byzantine text, modified)

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Έπονε κούρος με κλέπτει βολάτε μελανός καλός

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Oἱ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι ἦσαν ἐν μεγάλῳ κινδύνῳ... (adaptation of Herodotus 6.105) -> The Athenians were in great danger...

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εἷς οἰωνὸς ἄριστος, ἀμύνεσθαι περὶ πάτρης –> the best goal is defending your country (Iliad 12.243)

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οὐ σύ με λοιδορεῖς, ἀλλ᾿ ὁ τόπος (Αίσωπος) -> it is not thou who mockest me, but the roof on which thou art standing (Aesop)

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τὸ θέλημά σου τὸ ἀγαθὸν καὶ τέλειον, πάτερ -> your good and perfect will, Father

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Τραφὲν ὄρεσι καὶ φάραγξιν ἀγρίαις, κήρυξ πέφυκα τῆς λόγου ὑμνῳδίας. Φωνήν μὲν οὐκ ἔναρθρον, εὔηχον δ' ἔχω (Byzantine riddle) -> Raised in the mountains and wild ravines, I have become the herald of hymns that are sung. I have no articulate voice...

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Μὴ ἐλπίζετε θησαυροῖς εὐδαίμονας ἔσεσθαι

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-ρα (suffix)

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ἡττῶ ὑπὲρ δικαίου -> be overcome for the sake of justice, be overcome for the sake of a just man (Sosiades, "Precepts of the Seven Sages")

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Αἰτεῖτε καὶ δοθήσεται ὑμῖν, ζητεῖτε καὶ εὑρήσετε, κρούετε καὶ ἀνοιγήσεται ὑμῖν -> Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you (Matthew 7:7)

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ὀμφάκινον ἔλαιον -> oil made from unripe olives

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ὁ φίλος ἐστὶν ἄλλος αὐτός -> the friend is another self

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Πλάτων, Αλκιβιάδης, 110e-111a

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μὴ ἐν πολλοῖς ὀλίγα λέγε, ἀλλ΄ ἐν ὀλίγοις πολλά -> don't say little in many words, but much in a few words (Stobaeus quoting Pythagoras)

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