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ΑΙΔ ΕΙΣ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΥ ΚΩΥΧΙ ΘΗΣΕΩΣ ΠΟΛΙΣ –> This is Hadrian’s, and not at all the city of Theseus

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ἀλλὰ σὺ μὲν νῦν στῆθι καὶ ἄμπνυε -> but you, stop now and catch your breath (Iliad 22.222)

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Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος -> Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, "Birds" 1447f.)

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φιλόξενος -> hospitable

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Δύο γὰρ, ἐπιστήμη τε καὶ δόξα, ὧν τὸ μὲν ἐπίστασθαι ποιέει, τὸ δὲ ἀγνοεῖν -> Two different things are science and belief: the one brings knowledge, the other ignorance (Hippocrates)

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ξύλον ἀγκύλον οὐδέποτ' ὀρθόν -> a bent board is never straight

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οὐδείς ἑκὼν πονηρὸς οὐδ' ἄταν ἔχων -> No one is willingly wretched or unlucky (Epicharmus fr. 7, early 5th cent. BCE)

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φύγωμεν οὖν τὴν συνήθειαν ... ἄγχει τὸν ἄνθρωπον, τῆς ἀληθείας ἀποτρέπει -> so let's stay away from the habitual ... it strangles us, turns us away from the truth

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ἐν ταῖς ἀνάγκαις χρημάτων κρείττων φίλος -> a friend in need is a friend indeed (Menander, Sententiae monostichoi 143)

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ὤδινεν ὄρος, Ζεὺς δ' ἐφοβεῖτο, τὸ δ' ἔτεκεν μῦν -> the mountain was in labor — even Zeus was afraid — but gave birth to a mouse

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ξένους ξένιζε, καὶ σὺ γὰρ ξένος γ' ἔσῃ -> be hospitable to guests; you too will be a guest

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τὸν τεθνηκότα μὴ κακολογεῖν -> do not speak ill of the dead, speak no ill of the dead (Chilon the Spartan)

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αὐτὸς ἔφη ξυλλήψεσθαι καὶ παρακαλούμενος καὶ ἄκλητος -> [the god] himself said that he would take part, both bidden and unbidden (Thucydides 1.118)

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Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται -> But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)

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τὸ δανείζεσθαι τῆς ἐσχάτης ἀφροσύνης καὶ μαλακίας ἐστίν -> being in debt is a mark of extreme folly and moral weakness (Plutarch, "On Avoiding Debt" 829F3)

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ἡδέως γὰρ ἀνέχεσθε τῶν ἀφρόνων -> for you suffer fools gladly (2 Corinthians 11:19)

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ἀπόδοτε οὖν τὰ Καίσαρος Καίσαρι καὶ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ τῷ θεῷ -> So then pay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God! (Matthew 22:21)

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δὶς ἐξαμαρτεῖν ταὐτὸν οὐκ ἀνδρὸς σοφοῦ -> a wise man should not keep making the same mistake, a wise man should not repeat the same mistake, doing twice the same mistake is not a wise man's doing, making the same mistake twice does not befit the wise, making the same mistake twice does not belong to a man who is wise, making the same mistake twice does not belong to a wise man, the wise man does not make the same mistake twice, to commit the same sin twice is not a sign of a wise man

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Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι -> Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, "Phaedo" 64a.5)

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ἀλλὰ διὰ τῆς ἀγάπης δουλεύετε ἀλλήλοις. ὁ γὰρ πᾶς νόμος ἐν ἑνὶ λόγῳ πεπλήρωται, ἐν τῷ Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν -> but be enslaved to each other through love; for the whole Torah is fulfilled in one statement: You will love your neighbor as yourself (Galatians 5:13f.)

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