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κακὸν τὸ μὴ 'χειν -> poverty is a sad thing

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ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται -> the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top

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κἄπαγ' ἀπὸ τῆς ὀσφύος -> keep away from the rump, hands off, take your hands off, keep your hands to yourself

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καὶ ἐχθροὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οἱ οἰκιακοὶ αὐτοῦ -> and a man's foes shall be they of his own household (Micah 7:6, Matthew 10:36)

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τὸ ἔναγχος πάθος -> the recent misfortune

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ἁδρότης -> hardiness

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συμπαρανεκρώμενοι -> fellowship of the dead, club of the dead, fellows of the dead

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κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος -> it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)

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τοῦ εἰδέναι χάριν -> for the sake of knowledge

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οὔτε σοφίας ἐνδείᾳ οὔτ' αἰσχύνης περιουσίᾳ -> neither from lack of knowledge nor from superfluity of modesty

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ἄφωνος ὡς ἰχθύς -> dumb like a fish, speechless

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θεία νόσος -> divine disease, madness

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σωφροσύνη τὸ περὶ τὰς γυναῖκας -> temperance in relation to women

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ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει -> take up thy bed and walk, take up your bed and walk, pick up your mat and walk

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πᾶς μὴ Ἕλλην βάρβαρος -> anyone who is not a Greek is a barbarian, whoever is not a Greek is a barbarian, every non-Greek is a barbarian

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μελετᾶν καὶ φιλοσοφεῖν -> practice and study

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σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν -> 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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τὸ δ' ἐξαίφνης τὸ ἐν ἀναισθήτῳ χρόνῳ διὰ μικρότητα ἐκστάν -> "suddenly" refers to what has departed from its former condition in a time imperceptible because of its smallness

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τῷ παιδὶ μάχεσθαι -> makes a scene with his lackey, scolds his lackey

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ὅρκους γυναικὸς εἰς ὕδωρ γράφω -> the oaths of a woman I inscribe on water, I write a woman's oaths in water

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