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Μηκέθ᾽ ὅλως περὶ τοῦ οἷόν τινα εἶναι τὸν ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα διαλέγεσθαι, ἀλλὰ εἶναι τοιοῦτον. -> Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

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ὡς οὐδὲν γλύκιον ἧς πατρίδος οὐδὲ τοκήων γίνεται, εἴ περ καί τις ἀπόπροθι πίονα οἶκον γαίῃ ἐν ἀλλοδαπῇ ναίει ἀπάνευθε τοκήων (Odyssey 9.34-36) -> More than all pleasures that were ever made parents and fatherland our life still bless. Though we rich home in a strange land possess, still the old memories about us cling. (Worsely translation 1861)

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κατακεχυμένος ζωμός -> sauce in oille | pot au feu | dish compounded of fish, flesh, fowl, and sauces

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ἀπείρως θρυφθῆναι -> break endlessly, break into an infinite number of fragments

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ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἂν μαχέσαιτο· χέσαιτο γάρ, εἰ μαχέσαιτο –> fighting is what she can't do, for if she should fight she would shit

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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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ἢ λέγε τι σιγῆς κρεῖττον ἢ σιγὴν ἔχε -> either say something better than silence or keep silence (Menander)

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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)

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τά γε μὰν λίνα πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν -> but all the thread granted him by the Fates had run out

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ὅσῳ διαφέρει σῦκα καρδάμων -> as different as chalk from cheese, by as much as cardamum is different from figs

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πλεισταρχία -> rule of the widest sway, rule of the many

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ἐλευθέρα φυλακή -> custodia libera, libera custodia, house arrest

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δόξειε δ' ἂν τῆς κυριωτάτης καὶ μάλιστα ἀρχιτεκτονικῆς. τοιαύτη δ' ἡ πολιτικὴ φαίνεται -> It would seem to belong to the most authoritative art and that which is most truly the master art. And politics appears to be of this nature.

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ἐμοῦ θανόντος γαῖα μιχθήτω πυρί -> after me let earth mix with fire | after my death let all hell break loose | after me, the deluge (unknown tragic poet)

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προπάροιθε -> before, in front of

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τῆς αἰδοῦς ὀλίγην ποιήσασθαι φειδώ -> to have little consideration for self-respect

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ἄπαγ' ἐς μακαρίαν ἐκποδών -> get lost, buzz off, on yer bike, bug off, bugger off, clear out, clear off, take a hike, beat it, scram, get out of here, get outta here

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τὸν αὐτὸν ἕλκειν ζυγόν -> drag the same yoke, be in the same boat

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ὁ κόσμος ἀλλοίωσις, ὁ βίος ὑπόληψις -> the universe is flux, life is opinion | the universe is transformation: life is opinion | the universe is change, life is a fleeting impression | the universe—mutation: life—opinion

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καταπύγων -> the middle finger, middle finger, given to unnatural lust, lecherous, lewd, arse bandit, ass bandit, assfucker, batty boy, batty man, bender, bitch, bottom, bugger, buggerer, bum chum, bumder, bummer, butt pirate, buttfucker, catamite, catcher, chi chi man, chutney ferret, fag, fagboy, faggot, fairy, fartknocker, finocchio, flamer, friend of Dorothy, fruit, fudge packer, fudge-packer, gay, gayboy, gaylord, gunsel, homo, homosexual, horse's hoof, jobbie jabber, jobby jabber, mary, nan, nance, nancy, nancyboy, nancy-boy, omi-palone, oscar, pansy, pathic, peter puffer

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