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αἰψηρὸς δὲ κόρος κρυεροῖο γόοιο (Odyssey 4.103) -> satiety in grief comes soon

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φήσετε τάσδε κακὰ πράττειν.

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λέγεις, ἃ δὲ λέγεις ἕνεκα τοῦ λαβεῖν λέγεις -> you speak, but you say what you say for the sake of gain (Menander, fr. 776)

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τὸ λακωνίζειν πολὺ μᾶλλόν ἐστιν φιλοσοφεῖν ἢ φιλογυμναστεῖν -> to behave like a Lacedaemonian is much more to love wisdom than to love gymnastics (Plato, "Protagoras" 342e6)

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Ἡμερὶ πανθέλκτειρα, μεθυτρόφε, μῆτερ ὀπώρας ... -> All-soothing vine, nurse of the wine, vintage's mother ... (Anthologia Palatina 7.24.1)

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ἐπειδὴ ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ ἔστημεν, τρόπαιον ἐστησάμεθα.

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τὸ δανείζεσθαι τῆς ἐσχάτης ἀφροσύνης καὶ μαλακίας ἐστίν -> being in debt is a mark of extreme folly and moral weakness (Plutarch, "On Avoiding Debt" 829F3)

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Ἃ δέ σοι συνεχῶς παρήγγελλον, ταῦτα καὶ πρᾶττε καὶ μελέτα, στοιχεῖα τοῦ καλῶς ζῆν ταῦτ' εἶναι διαλαμβάνων (Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus 123.2) -> Carry on and practice the things I incessantly used to urge you to do, realizing that they are the essentials of a good life.

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Ἀδώνι' ἄγομεν καὶ τὸν Ἄδωνιν κλᾴομεν -> We conduct the rites of Adonis, we weep for Adonis (Pherecrates, fr. 170)

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πότε τελευτήσει τὰ τῶν γε διδασκάλων πάθη;

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Ἡ σιωπὴ τῶν ἀμνῶν / ἀρνῶν

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ἀναγκαίως δ' ἔχει βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή -> But it is our inevitable lot to harvest life like a fruitful crop, for one of us to live, one not. (Euripides, "Hypsipyle" fr. 60.94ff.)

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ὦ ὁπλῖτα, εἴθε μὴ ἀποβάλοις τὰ ὅπλα. ἅμα γὰρ ταῦτα ἀποβαλὼν οὔτ' ἄν ποτ' ἐν μάχῃ σωθείης οὔτε καλῶς ἀκούσει ποτέ. μένων οὖν ἐνταῦθα δόξης ἀξιώθητι.

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ϝhεδιέστᾱς -> private citizen, ἰδιώτης (Argos, 6th cent. BCE)

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ἐκεῖνος ὁ αἰσχρὸς ρήτωρ δῶρα δεξάμενος παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ πείσας τοὺς πολίτας εἰρήνην ποιήσασθαι ἀντὶ τοῦ μάχεσθαι ἤθελε τιμηθ

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς -> I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

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κατανοήσατε τὰ κρίνα [τοῦ ἀγροῦ] πῶς αὐξάνει· οὐ κοπιᾷ οὐδὲ νήθει -> Look at field-lilies, how they keep growing. They don’t toil, they don’t spin. (Luke 12:27)

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ὅτε αἶγα τῇ θεῷ μὴ θύοις, ουϰ ἐτιμῶ.

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τὸ τῶν γεωργῶν ὅσαι τε ἄλλαι τέχναι (Plato, Timaeus 17c10) -> the class of farmers and other such crafts(men)

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Ἡρακλῆς μαινόμενος -> Herakles, Hercules Furens, Hēraklēs Mainomenos

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