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Started by elena petelos

μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον (μη φύναι τον άπαντα νικά λόγον) -> not to be born is, past all prizing, best | not to be born excels the whole account | not to be born exceeds every possible estimate (Sophocles' Oedipus Coloneus l. 1225)

Started by spiros

Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή (Hippocrates, Aphorism 1.1) -> Life is short, [the] art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult.

Started by feline_flirt

Σάββατον, sabbaton, Sabbath - can this mean "week"?

Started by sven

ὃν οἱ θεοὶ φιλοῦσιν ἀποθνήσκει νέος -> he whom the gods love dies young (Menander, fr. 125)

Started by spiros

Κάλλιστον ἐφόδιον τῷ γήρᾳ ἡ παιδεία (Aristotle, quoted by Diogenes Laertius 5.21) -> The finest provision for old age is education

Started by demeter

Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος ὁ Βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων (ΙΝΒΙ) -> Jesus from Nazareth, King of the Jews [John 19:19]

Started by me

Ἐὰν ᾖς φιλομαθής, ἔσει πολυμαθής (Isocrates 1.18) > If you are studious, you will become learned

Started by new

Γνώσεσθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν (John 8:32) -> Learn the truth

Started by bikechina

ἀγάπην -> love, charity

Started by bob144

Μηδείς ἀγεωμέτρητος εἰσίτω μου τὴν στέγην -> let no one ignorant of geometry come under my roof (inscription on Plato's Academy, acc. to Pseudo-Galen, De partibus philosophiae 2.5)

Started by Amusesmile

φοβοῦ τὸ γῆρας, οὐ γὰρ ἔρχεται μόνον -> fear old age, for it never comes alone

Started by zorba

οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν -> I was not born to hate, but to love | Tis not my nature to join in hating, but in loving (Sophocles, Antigone 523)

Started by spiros

πάντα έργασία νικᾷ -> work conquers all

Started by mightymo5

ἔρως ἀνίκατε μάχαν -> O love, invincible in battle! (Sophocles, "Antigone" 781)

Started by RKAT

Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος (Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 1:1) -> In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Started by Leon « 1 2 »

πάντα [χω]ρεῖ καὶ οὐδὲν μένει -> everything flows and nothing stands still, everything gives way and nothing stands still (Heraclitus via Plato, "Cratylus" 402a)

Started by Tzatziki

εκ στόματος κόρακος «κρα» εξελεύσεται -> ("out from a crow's mouth will come a 'caw'" — ancient [?] Greek proverb) as the tree, so the fruit | tis the nature and practice of drolls and buffoons, to be insolent toward those that will bear it

Started by spiros « 1 2 »

ἀμείνω δ᾽ αἴσιμα πάντα (Odyssey VII.310 / XV.71) -> all things are better in moderation

Started by AnnaLU

δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται -> when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood (Menander, Γνῶμαι μονόστιχοι 123)

Started by ExoGonia