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ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε ἢ θηρίον ἢ θεός -> a man who is incapable of entering into partnership, or who is so self-sufficing that he has no need to do so, is no part of a state, so that he must be either a lower animal or a god | whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god

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ὁ δὲ ναύτης ὁ γεραῖος "πρῶτον μὲν" ἔφη ...

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ὁ δὲ πείσεται εἰς ἀγαθόν περ -> he will obey you to his profit, he will obey you for his own good end

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ὁ δικαστὴς ὃς πλοῦτον φιλεῖ ἄδικος

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ὁ δομήτωρ οὐρανού -> the architect of the cosmos, the architect of the heavens, the architect of the universe, God

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ὁ δομήτωρ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας -> the founder of the church, Jesus Christ

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ὁ ἐντυγχάνων τοῖς τοξεύμασι -> he who fell in the way of the bow-shots

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ὁ Ἱκανός -> the Almighty

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ὁ καὶ δυσὶ καὶ τρισὶ συμφωνοῦσιν ἐπὶ τῴ ὀνόματί σου

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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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Ὁ κόσμος σκηνή, ὁ βίος πάροδος· ἦλθες, εἶδες, ἀπῆλθες -> The world is a stage, life is your entrance: you came, you saw, you departed (Democritus fr. 115 D-K)

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ὁ Κρὴς τὸν πόντον -> feign ignorance

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ὁ Κρὴς τὸν πόντον ἀγνοεῖ -> the Cretan knows nothing of the sea, feign ignorance

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Ο κύριος διδάσκει τους αποστόλους εν τω οίκω του Πέτρου και λέγει

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ὁ λαγὼς τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν δρόμον τρέχει -> save one's bacon, save one's neck, save one's skin

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ὁ λαγὼς τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν τρέχει -> save one's bacon, save one's neck, save one's skin

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Ὀ λίθος ἐστὶ σθένος -> The stone is strength

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Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή (Hippocrates, Aphorism 1.1) -> Life is short, [the] art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult.

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ὃ μὴ γένοιτο -> God forbid, Heaven forbid, knock on wood, knock wood, touch wood, perish the thought

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ὁ μὴ δαρεὶς ἄνθρωπος οὐ παιδεύεται -> spare the rod and spoil the child | οne who hasn't been flayed is not being taught | if the man was not beaten, he is not educated | the man, who was not paddled, is not educated

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