numbers are but a poor exchange for a true friend
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Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)
English > Greek (Woodhouse Quotes)
ἀλόγιστον δέ τι τὸ πλῆθος ἀντάλλαγμα γενναίου φίλου
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