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δύναται τὸ πλουτεῖν καὶ φιλανθρώπους ποιεῖν -> being rich can even produce a social conscience [Menander Monostichoi 120]

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ὁ δικαστὴς ὃς πλοῦτον φιλεῖ ἄδικος

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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

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ἐπειδὴ ἀπέστημεν ἀπὸ βασιλέως, δοίητ', ὦ θεοὶ, καὶ κράτος καὶ νίκην τοῖς ἀνδράσι τοῖς τῆσδε τῆς ἡμέρας τοῖς πολεμίοις μαχουμένοις.

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ἄρξομαι μέν, ὦ ἄνδρες, τὴν Δημοσθένους ἀμαθίαν κτλ.

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τεθνεῶτες -> the dead

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ὁποία δ' ἦν αὕτη ἡ παίδευσις δύναταί τις γιγνώσκειν διάλογόν τινα τοῦ Πλάτωνος σκοπῶν -> It's possible to find out what kind of education that was by examining one of Plato's dialogues

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Βωμὸν Ἀριστοτέλης ἱδρύσατο τόνδε Πλάτωνος, ἀνδρὸς ὃν οὐδ' αἰνεῖν τοῖσι κακοῖσι θέμις -> Aristotle had this altar of Plato set up — Plato, a man whom the wicked dare not even mention in praise (David Phil., In Porphyrii isagogen commentarium)

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ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι ταῖς τῇ ἀληθείᾳ εὖ πολιτευομέναις οὐχ ὁ δῆμος ἀλλ' ὁ νόμος βασιλεύς· πᾶς γὰρ πολίτης τοῖς νόμοις πειθόμενος δίκαια πράττει ὡστε σῴζεσθαι τήν γε πόλιν ἐκ κινδύνων τε καὶ φόβων.

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δι' ἐμοῦ βασιλεῖς βασιλεύουσιν, καὶ οἱ δυνάσται γράφουσιν δικαιοσύνην -> through me kings rule, and princes dictate justice (Proverbs 8:15, LXX version)

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οἱ μὲν τὰ ἕργα ἕπραττον τῇ χαρᾷ, οἱ δ' οὕ

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προεπηγγείλατο -> foreannounced, announced before, promised beforehand

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μετάδοτέ ποτε τῆς ἀρχης καὶ τοῖς ἐν τῇ στάσει φυγοῦσιν.

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διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων -> therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)

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ὅτε φίλων χάριν αἰσχρὰ πoιοῖτε, ὦ θυγατέρες, ὑπὸ τῶν τε σωφρόνων καὶ τῶν διϰαίων πάντων οὐϰ ἐτιμᾶσθε κακῶς ἀϰούουσαι. δίϰαια οὖν πράττουσαι ἀξιώθητε τῑμῆς.

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οἵ ἄν ταύτην τὴν πόλιν ἀργύρου ἀποδῶνται, τούτους λίθοις βαλόντων αἱ γυναῖκες μηδὲ εἰσδεχέσθων αὐτοὺς εἰς τὰς οἰκίᾱς.

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

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Ἐξείλου

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Ἔφρων ἢ Ἐφραία -> Ephron or Ephraia

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