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τῇ γαστρὶ μετροῦντες καὶ τοῖς αἰσχίστοις τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν -> measuring happiness by appetite and base desires

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ἐνίοτε οἱ οἰκέται εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ἐλαύνουσιν αὐτούς -> sometimes the slaves ride them into the sea

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καὶ παρὰ δύναμιν τολμηταὶ καὶ παρὰ γνώμην κινδυνευταὶ καὶ ἐν τοῖς δεινοῖς εὐέλπιδες –> they are bold beyond their strength, venturesome beyond their better judgment, and sanguine in the face of dangers

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Ὅσον ζῇς, φαίνου, μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ· πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν, τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ. -> While you live, shine; have no grief at all; life exists only for a short while, and time demands its toll.

Started by Hijotiroles

ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε -> king of men and gods

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Ἀγνίτας -> Purifier (= Ἁγνίτης)? or Αgnitas ("whose idol is carved from the agnos-tree"), epithet of Asklepios in Pausanias 3.14.7?

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ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι πᾶς ὁ βλέπων γυναῖκα πρὸς τὸ ἐπιθυμῆσαι αὐτὴν ἤδη ἐμοίχευσεν αὐτὴν ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ -> But I am telling you that anyone who looks at a woman to the extent of lusting after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart (Matthew 5:28)

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δόξειε δ' ἂν τῆς κυριωτάτης καὶ μάλιστα ἀρχιτεκτονικῆς. τοιαύτη δ' ἡ πολιτικὴ φαίνεται -> It would seem to belong to the most authoritative art and that which is most truly the master art. And politics appears to be of this nature.

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Δρῆρος -> Dreros, Driros

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ἀλλ' οὐκ οἰωνοῖσιν ἐρύσσατο κῆρα μέλαιναν -> by no augury could he ward off black death

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νᾶφε καὶ μέμνασ' ἀπιστεῖν -> keep a clear head and remember not to believe a thing (Epicharmus fr. 250)

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νῆψις -> sobriety, alertness, mindfulness, vigilance, nepsis, nipsis

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δεῦρο ἔξω -> come forth

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ἄλλος ἀδελφόθεος τάδε Ἰούδας εύσεβέεσσι -> Jude, the other step-brother, [writes] the following to the pious

Started by tyconius

μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ -> one swallow does not a summer make, one swallow does not a spring make, one swallow does not make a spring, one swallow does not make a summer, one swallow doesn't a spring make, one swallow doesn't a summer make, one swallow doesn't make a spring, one swallow doesn't make a summer (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1098a18)

Started by spiros

ὠφελέειν, ἢ μὴ βλάπτειν -> do good, or do no harm

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περί ὄνου σκιᾶς -> about the shadow of an ass, about the shadow of a donkey

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ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία -> root of all the evils is the love of money, for every possible kind of evil can be motivated by the love of money

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Μούσαις Χάρισι θῦε -> sacrifice to the Muses and Charites

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ἀντιπεπονθός -> reciprocity, requital, suffering in turn, karma;

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