φρονέω ~ φρονήσω ~ ἐφρόνησα: understand, consider
γιγνώσκω ~ γνώσομαι ~ ἔγνων: know
ἄγω ~ ἄξω ~ ἤγαγον: lead, bring
φέρω ~ οἴσω ~ ἤνεγκον: carry, bring
ἀκούω ~ ἀκούσομαι ~ ἤκουσα: listen, hear
Ἀρχαϊκὰ φρονεῖς.
Ἔγνω δὲ θὴρ θῆρα.
Ὄνος ἄγει μυστήρια.
Κοσκίνῳ ὕδωρ φέρει.
Ὦτα ἔχοντες οὐκ ἀκούετε;
And now, some commentary:
read the Aesop's fable here
Ἀρχαϊκὰ φρονεῖς.
You are thinking old things.
In other words, you have old-fashioned ideas. This saying appears in the LSJ entry for the verb φρονέω, citing Aristophanes' The Clouds in which the old farmer Strepsiades is mocking his son for being old-fashioned by invoking the gods.
Ἔγνω δὲ θὴρ θῆρα.
One beast recognized another.
This is a proverb cited by Aristotle in his Rhetoric, referring to how two wicked persons ally themselves to one another, and this saying is cited in the LSJ dictionary entry for θήρ. Aristotle quotes the saying using the aorist, ἔγνω, while Erasmus quotes a version using the perfect, ἔγνωκε: "One beast knows another;" compare the use of οἶδα, a perfect verb with present meaning.
Ὄνος ἄγει μυστήρια.
A donkey carries the holy things.
This joking proverb becomes a fable in Aesop: when the people along the way bow down to worship the religious procession, the donkey thinks they are worshiping him... until the donkey-driver corrects him with the whip.
Κοσκίνῳ ὕδωρ φέρει.
He's carrying water in a sieve.
This is a proverbial fool's errand, since of course the water comes streaming out of the sieve before the fool reaches his destination. The saying appears in Plato's Gorgias and also in the Republic.
Ὦτα ἔχοντες οὐκ ἀκούετε;
Having ears, do you not hear?
The words come from the Gospel of Mark when Jesus is rebuking his disciples for their lack of understanding. He also invokes the eyes and sight: ὀφθαλμοὺς ἔχοντες οὐ βλέπετε; καὶ ὦτα ἔχοντες οὐκ ἀκούετε; "Having eyes, do you not see?"
read the Aesop's fable here
And here's a random proverb too:
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