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Ἀττικηρῶς ζῇν -> living in Attic fashion, living frugally

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η τύχε ακόλουθος εστί τες αρετές

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φήνη -> γυπαετός ο γενειοφόρος

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φίλη, προσφιλὴς (Sophocles, Antigone 898f.)

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ποῦ γῆς; -> where in the world?

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Ἀληθῆ λέγεις, ὦ τάν -> You're quite right, sir

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Πλέομεν δ' ἐπὶ οἴνοπα πόντον -> We're sailing upon the wine-dark sea.

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δμώς (dmôs) -> δούλος (slave)

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ἐντονία -> hard-on;

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Βωμὸν Ἀριστοτέλης ἱδρύσατο τόνδε Πλάτωνος, ἀνδρὸς ὃν οὐδ' αἰνεῖν τοῖσι κακοῖσι θέμις -> Aristotle had this altar of Plato set up — Plato, a man whom the wicked dare not even mention in praise (David Phil., In Porphyrii isagogen commentarium)

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Οἱ βασιλεῖς τῇ ἐγκυκλοπαιδείᾳ, αὐτὴ τοῖς βασιλεῦσι (Salamanca inscription) -> The kings (= Ferdinand and Isabella) for the university, and the university for the kings

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άρτι λανθάνω {?)

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τοὺς γέροντας λιποῦσαι ἤκομεν σύμπαντας τοὺς ῥήτορας τοὺς κεκλοφότας δώρων γραψόμεναι.

Started by Jorsay

Φησὶν ὁ Ἀρκεσίλαος, ὅτι ὁ περὶ πάντων ἐπέχων κανονιεῖ τὰς αἱρέσεις καὶ φυγὰς καὶ κοινῶς τὰς πράξεις τῷ εὐλόγῳ, κατὰ τοῦτό τε προερχόμενος τὸ κριτήριον κατορθώσει (Sextus Empiricus)

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

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

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ἀναγκαιότεραι μὲν οὖν πᾶσαι ταύτης, ἀμείνων δ᾽ οὐδεμία -> accordingly, although all other sciences are more necessary than this, none is more excellent (Aristotle, Metaphysics A 983a10)

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στεφανηφορήσας καὶ ἱερατεύσας -> having worn the crown and having had the priesthood

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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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