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τὴν γνώμην λέγειν -> express one's views, express one's opinion, give one's opinion

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ἃ γιγνώσκω λέγειν -> express one's views, express one's opinion, give one's opinion

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κατ' ἀρχῆς γὰρ φιλαίτιος λεώς -> people are always ready to blame the rulers, people are against authority, people were fond of anything by which they could call authority in question

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

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κακῷ δέ τῳ προσεικάζω τάδε -> I think this looks like mischief, these things sound ominous to me, these things sound evil to me, I consider these things ominous, I liken these things to something bad

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θνῄσκει δὲ πίστις, βλαστάνει δ' ἀπιστία -> loyalty dies and disloyalty is born

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σωφροσύνης πίστην ἔχειν περί τινος -> to be persuaded of one's probity

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σὴ πίστις -> given in trust to thee

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οὐδενὶ κόσμῳ -> in no order, in no good order, pell-mell, in a slovenly way, in disorder, without restraint, without arrangement, without order, chaotically, messily, slovenly, in a disorderly manner, disorderly, untidily

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τούτου δὲ συμβαίνοντος ἀναγκαῖον γίγνεσθαι πάροδον καὶ τροπὰς τῶν ἐνδεδεμένων ἄστρων –> but if this were so, there would have to be passings and turnings of the fixed stars

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ἔφημαι -> act as assessor

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καὶ οἱ ἀμαθέστατοι τῶν ἰατρῶν τὸ αὐτὸ σοὶ ποιοῦσιν, ἐλεφαντίνους νάρθηκας καὶ σικύας ἀργυρᾶς ποιούμενοι καὶ σμίλας χρυσοκολλήτους: ὁπόταν δὲ καὶ χρήσασθαι τούτοις δέῃ, οἱ μὲν οὐδὲ ὅπως χρὴ μεταχειρίσασθαι αὐτὰ ἴσασιν –> the most ignorant of doctors do the same as you, getting themselves ivory containers, silver cupping instruments, and gold-inlaid scalpels; but when it's time to use those things, they haven't the slightest notion of how to handle them

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ἄγαν ἔγκειμαι τινί -> be vehement against one

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καταψῆν -> to rub down

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τὸ πεπρωμένον φυγεῖν ἀδύνατον -> you can't escape your destiny | there is no escaping from destiny | it's impossible to escape from what is destined | it is impossible to escape from what is destined | what is fated is impossible to escape

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τὸ πεπρωμένον γὰρ οὐ μόνον βροτοῖς ἄφευκτόν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν οὐρανόν ἔχουσι –> fate is unavoidable not only for mortals, but also for those who hold the heavens

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ψυχῆς ἰατρὸς τὰ γράμματα -> literature is the soul's physician

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ἰατρεῖον ψυχῆς -> hospital of the soul

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ψυχῆς ἰατρεῖον -> hospital of the soul

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μὴ τῷ κακῷ τὸ κακὸν ἰῶ -> do not make bad worse, don't try to cure the bad with the bad

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