Μὴ φοβοῦ, μόνον ______.
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Μὴ φοβοῦ, μόνον πίστευε.Ἱματίῳ ______ περιστέλλεις.
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Ἱματίῳ πῦρ περιστέλλεις.Ἀνεῳγμέναι ______ θύραι.
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Ἀνεῳγμέναι Μουσῶν θύραι.Πολλὰ ψεύδονται ______.
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Πολλὰ ψεύδονται ἀοιδοί.______ ἔσχατον γηράσκει.
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Θυμὸς ἔσχατον γηράσκει.Μὴ φοβοῦ, μόνον πίστευε.
Do not be afraid; just have faith.
The words are spoken to Jairus by Jesus in the Gospel of Mark when he is told that the daughter of Jairus is dead; he then goes and revives her. You can find out more at Wikipedia: Raising of Jairus's Daughter. From the Greek root φοβ- we get all the -phobia words in English. The word μόνον is used adverbially here; the neuter singular is often used as an adverb.
Ἱματίῳ πῦρ περιστέλλεις.
You're wrapping fire in your cloak.
As Erasmus explains, this is like "nursing a viper in your bosom," i.e. you are keeping something close to you (fire) that will lead to your own destruction. The word himation is sometimes used in English when writing about ancient Greek clothing.
Ἀνεῳγμέναι Μουσῶν θύραι.
The doors of the Muses (are) open.
In other words: everyone has access to the arts; it is not a private privilege. You can find out more about these goddesses at Wikipedia: Muses.
Πολλὰ ψεύδονται ἀοιδοί.
The bards tell many lies.
The saying appears in Aristotle's Metaphysics, who labels the words a παροιμία, a "proverb," and the words are also attributed to Solon, one of the Seven Sages of ancient Greece. From the Greek root in the verb ψεύδω we get English words like pseudo, pseudonym, etc., and from πολύ, we get all the poly- words: polygon, polygamy, polytheism, and on and on.
Θυμὸς ἔσχατον γηράσκει.
Anger grows old last.
The word ἔσχατον is used here adverbially: grows old last (of all). In other words, as someone gets older they might lose the pleasures of youth, but they will still be capable of getting angry, perhaps even of getting more angry in their old age. There's a related idea in Sophocles's Oedipus at Colonus: θυμοῦ γὰρ οὐδὲν γῆράς ἐστιν ἄλλο πλὴν θανεῖν, "anger has no old age other than death." From the same root as Greek ἔσχατον we get English eschatology.
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Μὴ φοβοῦ, μόνον πίστευε.Ἱματίῳ ______ περιστέλλεις.
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Ἱματίῳ πῦρ περιστέλλεις.Ἀνεῳγμέναι ______ θύραι.
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Ἀνεῳγμέναι Μουσῶν θύραι.Πολλὰ ψεύδονται ______.
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Πολλὰ ψεύδονται ἀοιδοί.______ ἔσχατον γηράσκει.
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Θυμὸς ἔσχατον γηράσκει.
And to finish up, here's a random proverb and a random LOLCat too:
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