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πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ -> constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone

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ἀπόντι μὴ μάχου -> do not oppose someone absent

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πῦρ μαχαίρᾳ μὴ σκαλεύειν -> poke not the fire with a sword, do not stir the fire with a sword, do not provoke an angry person, do not decide domestic business by violence, don't provoke an angry man

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γῆ καὶ ὕδωρ πάντ' ἔσθ' ὅσα γίνοντ' ἠδὲ φύονται -> earth and water are everything that comes into being and grows, all things that come into being or sprout are earth and water

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τίκτει τοι κόρος ὕβριν, ὅταν κακῷ ὄλβος ἕπηται ἀνθρώπῳ καὶ ὅτῳ μὴ νόος ἄρτιος ᾖ -> satiety engenders hybris when great prosperity attends on a base man or one whose mind is not set up right

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τίκτει γὰρ κόρος ὕβριν, ὅταν πολὺς ὄλβος ἕπηται ἀνθρώποις ὁπ̣όσοις μὴ νόος ἄρτιος ἦι -> satiety breeds arrogance whenever men with unfit minds have great wealth

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Φιλόξενος -> Philoxenus, Philoxenos

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φιλόξενος -> hospitable

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δεῖ δὲ χρημάτων -> money is needed, money is necessary, there is a need for money, only money we must have

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ἀπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ὑδρορρόαι δύο ῥέουσιν μέλανος-> two streams of black run from the eyes

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οἱ καιροὶ οὐ μενετοί –> opportunities won't wait, chances will not wait

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σεσαλαγμένος οἴνῳ -> wined up, drunk, drunk with wine

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Ὀλύμπια ἄγειν -> hold the Olympic Games, celebrate the Olympic Games

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ἀφόδευμα κροκοδείλου -> crocodile excrement, ajwain, ajowan

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ὁ πάντων προαγωγός -> the procurer of all things, God

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αἰεί κοτε -> from of old

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ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω –> however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess

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ἀεί ποτε -> from of old

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καὶ κεραμεὺς κεραμεῖ κοτέει καὶ τέκτονι τέκτων, καὶ πτωχὸς πτωχῷ φθονέει καὶ ἀοιδὸς ἀοιδῷ -> and potter is ill-disposed to potter, and carpenter to carpenter, and the beggar is envious of the beggar, the singer of the singer

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ἀνθηρογραφέω -> write in a flowery style, write in a florid style

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