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ἐκ τῆς θαλάττης ἅπασα ὑμῖν ἤρτηται σωτηρία -> your safety altogether depends upon the sea

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ἀναρχία γάρ ἐστιν ἡ πλεισταρχία -> the rule of the widest sway of opinion is the same as no rule at all (Gregory Nazianzenus, De vita sua 1744)

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βραχεῖ λόγῳ δὲ πολλὰ πρόσκειται σοφά -> there is much wisdom to be found in few words

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ἐδιζησάμην ἐμεωυτόν -> I searched myself, I searched into myself, I searched out myself (Heraclitus, fr. 101B)

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κράτιστοι δ᾽ ἂν τὴν ψυχὴν δικαίως κριθεῖεν οἱ τά τε δεινὰ καὶ ἡδέα σαφέστατα γιγνώσκοντες καὶ διὰ ταῦτα μὴ ἀποτρεπόμενοι ἐκ τῶν κινδύνων -> the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it | and they are most rightly reputed valiant who, though they perfectly apprehend both what is dangerous and what is easy, are never the more thereby diverted from adventuring

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τὸν ἰητρὸν δοκέει μοι ἄριστον εἶναι πρόνοιαν ἐπιτηδεύειν -> it appears to me a most excellent thing for the physician to cultivate prognosis

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ἤτοι ἐμοὶ τρεῖς μὲν πολὺ φίλταταί εἰσι πόληες Ἄργός τε Σπάρτη τε καὶ εὐρυάγυια Μυκήνη -> The three cities I love best are Argos, Sparta, and Mycenae of the broad streets

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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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Άνθρωποι έτέρους ανδρείους, χρηστούς τε αυτών μάλλον μισούσι

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ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε -> king of men and gods

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δι' ἐμοῦ βασιλεῖς βασιλεύουσιν, καὶ οἱ δυνάσται γράφουσιν δικαιοσύνην -> through me kings rule, and princes dictate justice (Proverbs 8:15, LXX version)

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πειθαρχία μήτηρ εὐπραξίας -> obedience is the mother of success

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ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία -> root of all the evils is the love of money, for every possible kind of evil can be motivated by the love of money

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περί ὄνου σκιᾶς -> about the shadow of an ass, about the shadow of a donkey

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μὴ τὴν ὄψιν καλλωπίζου, ἀλλ' ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν ἴσθι καλός -> Don't beautify your face, but be beautiful in your habits (Thales, in Diog. Laertius 1.37)

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ἀντιπεπονθός -> reciprocity, requital, suffering in turn, karma;

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Πάντα οὖν ὅσα ἐὰν θέλητε ἵνα ποιῶσιν ὑμῖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε αὐτοῖς· οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ προφῆται -> Therefore as many things as you would like people to do for you, do also the same for them: that is the Torah, that is the prophets! (Matthew 7:12)

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σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα -> signs and wonders

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τούτων γάρ ὄνομα μόνον κοινόν, ὁ δέ κατά τοὔνομα λόγος τῆς οὐσίας ἕτερος -> though they have a common name, the definition corresponding with the name differs for each (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a3-4)

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Δρῆρος -> Dreros, Driros

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