διώκω ~ διώξω ~ ἐδίωξα: chase, pursue
γιγνώσκω ~ γνώσομαι ~ ἔγνων: know
φροντίζω ~ φροντιέω ~ ἑφρόντισα: consider, regard
ἡγέομαι ~ ἡγήσομαι ~ ἡγησάμην: lead, rule; believe
πίπτω ~ πεσοῦμαι ~ ἔπεσον: fall, fall down
These are the proverbs (and there are always more proverbs at the blog):
Ὁμόνοιαν δίωκε.
Ῥεχθὲν δέ τε νήπιος ἔγνω.
Ξενίας ἀεὶ φρόντιζε, μὴ καθυστέρει.
Ἅπαντας ἐχθροὺς τῶν Θεῶν ἡγοῦ πλέον.
Τὸν καπνὸν φεύγων εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἔπεσον.
Ὁμόνοιαν δίωκε.
Pursue oneness-of-mind.
You could also translate this Greek compound ὁμό-νοια as "unanimity," un-anim-ity, or "concord," con-cord. This is another one of those Delphic maxims recorded by Stobaeus.
Ῥεχθὲν δέ τε νήπιος ἔγνω.
When something is done, even a fool knows it.
This saying appears already in Homer's Iliad: Menelaus is protecting Patroclus's fallen body, and he uses these words to rebuke the Trojan Euphorbus, but Euphorbus does not retreat, and Menelaus kills him. Plato also includes this saying in the Symposium, labeling it a παροιμία, a proverb. The idea is that a wise man can anticipate trouble in advance and avoid it, but the fool rushes in, recognizing the danger only after it has befallen him, Euphorbus being one such fool.
Ξενίας ἀεὶ φρόντιζε, μὴ καθυστέρει.
Always have regard for hospitality; don't be slow to offer.
This is one of the monostichs of Menander, so it's in iambic meter:
Ξενίας | ἀεὶ || φρόντι|ζε, μὴ || καθυ|στέρει.
Ἅπαντας ἐχθροὺς τῶν Θεῶν ἡγοῦ πλέον.
Rather consider all men to be enemies rather than the gods.
The words come from Aeschylus's The Libation Bearers; Pylades is speaking to Orestes, trying to persuade him that divine oracles must be obeyed, no matter what, even if — as in Orestes' case — the gods demand that he murder his own mother, showing her no pity.
Τὸν καπνὸν φεύγων εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἔπεσον.
Fleeing the smoke, I fell into the fire.
You've seen a saying like this before (earlier post): Εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ κάπνου. Compare the English saying, "Out of the frying pan, into the fire."
And here's a random proverb and a random LOLCat too:
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