he would both have kept to the law and shown his piety

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ἐν εἴδει παροιμίας τίθεσθαι → to consider as an example

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English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)

καὶ τοῦ νόμου τ' ἂν εἴχετ' εὐσεβής τ' ἂν ἦν

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