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Ancient Greek
| • | Nothing bad is without something good. Ουδέν κακόν αμιγές καλού. 75 |
| • | Know thyself. Γνώθι σαυτόν. (attributed to several ancient Greek sages, inscribed in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi) 13 |
| • | The old age of the eagle is the youth of the skylark. Αετού γήρας κορύδου νεότης. 11 |
| • | If god wills, you can sail even on a mat. Θεού θέλοντος καν επί ριπός πλέοις. 9 |
| • | I talk to you about garlics and you respond about onions. Εγώ σκόροδα σοι λὲγω, συ δε κρόμμυα αποκρίνει. 9 |
| • | A deer picks up a fight with the lion. Προς λέοντα δορκάς άπτεται μάχης. 8 |
| • | Old woman dancing. Γραυς χορεύει. 7 |
| • | Good things are difficult. Χαλεπά τα καλά. 7 |
| • | One bee alone does not make honey. Μία μέλισσα μέλι ου ποιεί. 7 |
| • | Neighbors see better than foxes. Οξύτερον οι γείτονες βλέπουσι των αλωπεκέων. 6 |
| • | Nothing can be hidden under the son. Ουδέν κρυπτόν υπό τον ήλιον. 5 |
| • | Sailing to Corinth is not for everyone. Ου παντός πλειν ες Κόρινθον. 5 |
| • | If you are s stranger, follow the local laws. Ξένος ων ακολούθει τοις επιχωρίοις νόμοις. 5 |
| • | The hands of the tyrants reach long. Μακραί τυράννων χείρες. 4 |
| • | Being silent is better than talking. Κρείττον του λαλείν το σιγάν. 4 |
| • | Playing the fox to another fox. Αλωπεκίζειν προς ετέραν αλώπεκα. 4 |
| • | For the hungry everything is edible. Πεινώντι παν εστι χρήμα εδώδιμον. 4 |
| • | Nothing bad can be lost easily. Ουδέν κακόν ραδίως απόλλυται. 4 |
| • | Arrange your life according to present conditions. Επί τοις παρούσι τον βίον διάπλεκε. 4 |
| • | We sing while our houses are on fire! Των οικιών ημών εμπιμπραμένων, ημείς άδομεν. 3 |
| • | Old men best converse with old men, and children with children. Γέρων γέροντι ηδίστην γλώτταν έχει, παις παιδί. 3 |
| • | What happens at home should stay at home. Τα εν οίκω μη εν δήμω. 3 |
| • | After I die, let the world burn. Εμού θανόντος γαία πυρί μιχθήτω. 3 |
| • | Let the die be cast. Ανερρίφθω κύβος. (similar to the phrase Alea iacta est by Julius Caesar according to Plutarch) 3 |
| • | The shepherd does not sleep. Ουχ εύδει ποιμήν. 3 |
| • | Being a doctors for the others, he is himself full of ulcers. Άλλων ιατρός, αυτός έλκεσι βρύων. 3 |
| • | Another life, another way of life. Άλλος βίος, άλλη δίαιτα. 3 |
| • | You don’t fight evil with evil. Κακόν κακού ου άπτεται. 3 |
