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ἀρχή ἄνδρα δείκνυσι -> power shows the man, rule will show the man

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λύχνον μεθ᾿ ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων “ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ” –> He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, “I am looking for a human”

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

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ἔστι γὰρ ὁ φίλος ἄλλος αὐτός –> a friend, you see, is another self

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ᾤχετο ἀπιών -> vanished, disappeared, disappeared into thin air, vanished into thin air

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ὄρνιθι γὰρ καὶ τὴν τότ᾽ αἰσίῳ τύχην παρέσχες ἡμῖν -> for it was by a good omen that you provided that past fortune to us

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χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται -> when a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him | when good men are being dragged down, anyone with worthy credentials must feel their pain | when the noble are afflicted, those who all their lives have been deemed loyal must mourn

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μαψυλάκας -> idly barking, repeating a thing again and again, chatterer

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

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ἐξάγω κῶλον τραγίσκιον -> bring out a limping he-goat leg, a game played at Tarentum?

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πορνικὸν τέλος -> prostitution tax, tax on prostitutes

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δωρεὰν ἐλάβετε, δωρεὰν δότε –> you have taken freely; give freely

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τὸ φῶς τὸ ἄδυτον καὶ ἀνέσπερον –> undimmed and unsetting light | never-setting, undimmed light

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χρῆσαι κακοῖσι τοῖς ἐμοῖς, εἰ κερδανεῖς –> use my shame, if any good

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οὗτος ὁ υἱός μου νεκρὸς ἦν καὶ ἀνέζησεν, ἦν ἀπολωλὼς καὶ εὑρέθη -> This son of mine was dead and has come back to life. He was lost and he’s been found.

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σὺν Ἀθηνᾷ καὶ σὺ χεῖρα κινεῖ –> God helps those who help themselves, God helps them that help themselves, heaven helps those who help themselves, the Lord helps those who help themselves, move your hand along with Athena, move your hand along with Minerva

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οὐ γὰρ πράξιν ἀγαθὴν, ἀλλὰ καὶ εὖ ποεῖν αὐτὴν -> it does not suffice to do good–one must do it well

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ὑποκατακλίνομαι τοῦ εὶς πλέον ἐναντιοῦσθαι -> desist from further opposition;

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εὐαντόλως -> correpte, shortly, briefly

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ὃ γὰρ βούλεται, τοῦθ' ἕκαστος καὶ οἴεται -> what he wishes to be true, each person also believes to be true | what he wishes, each person also believes

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