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[[βλώσκω|Μολὼν]] [[λαμβάνω|λαβέ]] → [[come|Come]] and [[take]] them<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=1451.0 Plutarch]</i>, ''Apophthegmata Laconica'' 225C12

[[ἰχθῦς|Ἰχθύς]] ἐκ τῆς [[κεφαλή|κεφαλῆς]] [[ὄζω|ὄζειν]] [[ἄρχω|ἄρχεται]] → The [[fish]] [[stink]]s from the [[head]] <br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=381166.0 Michael Apostolius Paroemiographus]</i>, ''Paroemiae''

[[σκιά|Σκιᾶς]] [[ὄναρ]] [[ἄνθρωπος]] → Man is a [[dream]] of a [[shadow]]<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=120239.0 Pindar]</i>, ''Pythian'' 8.95f.

Ἔρως [[ἀνίκητος|ἀνίκατε]] [[μάχη|μάχαν]] → O [[love]], [[invincible]] in [[battle]]!<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=75529.0 Sophocles]</i>, ''Antigone'', 781

Ἢ [[τάν|τὰν]] [[ἢ]] [[ἐπί|ἐπὶ]] [[τᾶς]] → Either with this or on this | [[come|Come]] [[back]] [[victorious]] [[or]] [[dead]]<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=925.0 Plutarch]</i>, ''Moralia'' 241

Μὴ [[φύω|φῦναι]] τὸν [[ἅπας|ἅπαντα]] [[νικάω|νικᾷ]] [[λόγος|λόγον]] → Not to be [[born]] is, [[past]] all prizing, [[best]].<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=33648.0 Sophocles]</i>, ''Oedipus Coloneus'' l. 1225

Μή, φίλα [[ψυχή|ψυχά]], [[βίος|βίον]] [[ἀθάνατος|ἀθάνατον]] [[σπεύδω|σπεῦδε]], τὰν δ' [[ἔμπρακτος|ἔμπρακτον]] [[ἀντλέω|ἄντλει]] [[μηχανή|μαχανάν]] → Oh! my [[soul]] do not [[aspire]] to [[eternal]] [[life]], but [[exhaust]] the [[limit]]s of the [[possible]]<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=33650.0 Pindar]</i>, ''Pythian'', 3.61f.

Οὔτοι [[συνεχθαίρω|συνέχθειν]], ἀλλὰ [[συμφιλέω|συμφιλεῖν]] [[φύω|ἔφυν]] → I was not born to [[hate]], but to [[love]].<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=83384.0 Sophocles]</i>, '''Antigone''' 523

Τὸ [[νικάω|νικᾶν]] αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ [[ἄριστος|ἀρίστη]] → The [[first]] and [[best]] [[victory]] is to [[conquer]] [[self]].<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=11240.0 Plato]</i>, ''Laws'' 626e

Ὁ δὲ μὴ [[δύναμαι|δυνάμενος]] [[κοινωνέω|κοινωνεῖν]] ἢ μηδὲν [[δέω|δεόμενος]] δι' [[αὐτάρκεια|αὐτάρκειαν]] οὐθὲν [[μέρος]] πόλεως, [[ὥστε]] [[ἢ]] [[θηρίον]] [[ἢ]] [[θεός]] → 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]]<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=574418.0 Aristotle]</i>, ''Politics''

Ὦ [[τύμβος]], ὦ [[νυμφεῖον]], ὦ [[κατασκαφής|κατασκαφὴς]] [[οἴκησις]] [[αἰείφρουρος]], οἷ [[πορεύομαι]] πρὸς τοὺς ἐμαυτῆς →  Tomb, [[bridal]] [[chamber]], [[eternal]] [[prison]] in the [[cavern]]ed [[rock]], [[whither]] I [[go]] to [[find]] [[mine]] [[own]].<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=574882.0 Sophocles]</i>, ''Antigone'', 883

Οὐδ' ἄμμε [[διακρίνω|διακρινέει]] [[φιλότης|φιλότητος]] ἄλλο, πάρος θάνατόν γε μεμορμένον [[ἀμφικαλύπτω|ἀμφικαλύψαι]] → Nor will anything else [[divide]] us from our [[love]] before the [[fate]] of [[death]] [[enshroud]]s us<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=574882.0 Apollonius of Rhodes]</i>, ''Argonautica'' 3.1129f.

[[ὠδίνω|Ὤδινεν]] [[ὄρος]], [[Ζεὺς]] δ' [[φοβέω|ἐφοβεῖτο]], τὸ δ' [[τίκτω|ἔτεκεν]] [[μῦς|μῦν]] → The [[mountain]] was in [[labor]]—even [[Zeus]] was [[afraid]]—but gave [[birth]] to a [[mouse]]<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=575100.0 Theopompus, ''Sotades'', etc]</i>

L'[[amor]] che [[moveo|move]] il [[sole]] e l'altre [[stella|stelle]] → [[love|Love]] that [[move]]s the [[sun]] and the other [[star]]s<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=120831.0  Dante Alighieri]</i>, ''Paradiso'', XXXIII, v. 145

Τὸ [[νικάω|νικᾶν]] αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν [[νίκη|νικῶν]] πρώτη τε καὶ [[ἄριστος|ἀρίστη]]. Τὸ δὲ [[ἡσσάομαι|ἡττᾶσθαι]] αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων [[αἴσχιστος|αἴσχιστόν]] τε ἅμα καὶ [[κάκιστος|κάκιστον]]. → Τo [[conquer]] yourself is the [[first]] and [[best]] [[victory]] of all, while to be [[conquer]]ed by yourself is of all the most [[shameful]] as well as [[evil]]<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=46593 Plato]</i>, ''Laws'', 626e

Ubi [[idem]] et [[maximus]] et [[honestus|honestissimus]] [[amor]] est, [[aliquando]] praestat [[mors|morte]] jungi, quam [[vita]] [[distraho|distrahi]] → Where [[indeed]] the [[greatest]] and [[most]] [[honourable]] [[love]] [[exist]]s, it is [[much]] [[better]] to be [[join]]ed by [[death]], than [[separate]]d by [[life]].<br /><i>Valerius Maximus</i>, ''De Factis Dictisque''

Χρὴ τῶν [[ἀγαθός|ἀγαθῶν]] [[διακναίω|διακναιομένων]] [[πενθέω|πενθεῖν]] ὅστις [[χρηστός|χρηστὸς]] ἀπ' ἀρχῆς [[νομίζω|νενόμισται]] → When a [[good]] [[man]] is [[hurt]], all who would be called [[good]] must [[suffer]] with him<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=576984.0 Euripides]</i>, ''Alcestis'' 109-11

[[λύπη|Λύπης]] [[ἰατρός]] ἐστιν ὁ [[χρηστός|χρηστὸς]] [[φίλος]] – A [[true]] [[friend]] is [[grief]]'s [[physician]].<br /><i>[[Menander]]</i>, ''Sententiae'' 456

[[λύπη|Λύπης]] [[ἰατρός]] ἐστιν [[ἄνθρωπος|ἀνθρώποις]] [[λόγος]] – For men [[reason]] is a [[healer]] of [[grief]] – Für [[Mensch]]en ist der [[Trauer]] [[Arzt]] allein das [[Wort]] – [[maeror|Maeroris]] [[unicus|unica]] [[medicina]] [[oratio]].<br /><i>[[Menander]]</i>, ''Sententiae'' 452

Sunt [[verbum|verba]] voces quibus hunc [[lenio|lenire]] [[dolor|dolorem]] possis, magnam [[morbus|morbi]] [[depono|deponere]] partem → Words will [[avail]] the [[wretched]] [[mind]] to [[ease]] and much [[abate]] the [[dismal]] [[black]] [[disease]].<br /><i>[[Horace]]</i>, ''Epistles'' 1.34

Περὶ τοῦ [[ἐπέκεινα]] τοῦ [[νοῦς|νοῦ]] κατὰ μὲν [[νόησις|νόησιν]] πολλὰ λέγεται, [[θεωρέω|θεωρεῖται]] δὲ [[ἀνοησία|ἀνοησίᾳ]] [[κρείττων|κρείττονι]] [[νόησις|νοήσεως]] → On the subject of that which is [[beyond]] [[intellect]], many [[statement]]s are made on the [[basis]] of [[intellection]], but it may be immediately cognised only by means of a non-intellection [[superior]] to intellection<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=1009192.0 Porphyry]</i>, ''Sententiae'' 25

[[ποιητής|Ποιητὴς]], ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ [[τρίπους|τρίποδι]] τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ [[ἔμφρων]] ἐστίν → Whenever a [[poet]] is [[seat]]ed on the [[Muse]]s' [[tripod]], he is not [[in one's senses|in his senses]]<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=1009220.0 Plato]</i>, ''Laws'', 719c

[[ῥίζα|Ῥίζα]] γὰρ πάντων τῶν [[κακός|κακῶν]] ἐστιν ἡ [[φιλαργυρία]] → [[root|Root]] of all the [[evil]]s is the [[love]] of [[money]] ([[radix|Radix]] [[omnia|omnium]] [[malum|malorum]] est [[cupiditas]])<br /><i>The Bible</i>, 1 ''Timothy'' 6:10

Οὐ γὰρ [[ἀργία]]ς [[ὤνιος|ὤνιον]] ἡ [[ὑγίεια]] καὶ [[ἀπραξία]]ς, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς [[νόσος|νόσοις]] πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ [[ὄμμα|ὄμματα]] τῷ μὴ [[διαβλέπω|διαβλέπειν]] καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ [[φθέγγομαι|φθέγγεσθαι]] φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν [[ἀχρηστία|ἀχρηστίᾳ]] καὶ [[ἡσυχίᾳ]] [[σῴζω|σῴζειν]] [[οἴομαι|οἰόμενος]] → For [[health]] is not to be [[purchase]]d by [[idleness]] and [[inactivity]], which are the greatest [[evil]]s [[attendant]] on [[sickness]], and the man who thinks to [[conserve]] his [[health]] by [[uselessness]] and [[ease]] does not [[differ]] from him who [[guard]]s his eyes by not seeing, and his [[voice]] by not [[speaking]]<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=1027555.0 Plutarch]</i>, ''Advice about Keeping Well'', section 24

Ὁπόσον τῷ ποδὶ [[περρέχω|περρέχει]] τᾶς γᾶς, τοῦτο [[χάρις]] → Every inch of his stature is grace<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=1027500.0 Theocritus]</i>, ''Idylls'', 30.3

Οὔτ' ἐν [[φθίω|φθιμένοις]] οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν [[ἀριθμέω|ἀριθμουμένη]], χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα [[μοῖρα|μοῖραν]] → Neither among the [[dead]] nor the living do I [[count]] myself, having a lot apart from these<br /><i>[https://www.translatum.gr/forum/index.php?topic=1027663.0 Euripides]</i>, ''Suppliants'', 968