Ἐὰν μὴ πάθῃς, οὐ μὴ ______.
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Ἐὰν μὴ πάθῃς, οὐ μὴ μάθῃς.______, καὶ ἀπολυθήσεσθε.
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Ἀπολύετε, καὶ ἀπολυθήσεσθε.______ καὶ μᾶζα μετ᾽ ἄρτον.
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Ἀγαθὴ καὶ μᾶζα μετ᾽ ἄρτον.Οἱ διψῶντες ______ πίνουσι.
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Οἱ διψῶντες σιωπῇ πίνουσι.Ἄγουσιν ἑορτὴν οἱ ______.
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Ἄγουσιν ἑορτὴν οἱ κλέπται.Ἐὰν μὴ πάθῃς, οὐ μὴ μάθῃς.
If you don't suffer, you won't learn.
Compare a similar saying from an earlier blog post: Τα παθήματα μαθήματα. Both πάθῃς and μάθῃς are in the subjunctive, and the use of οὐ μὴ with the subjunctive expresses an emphatic negative prediction, so the saying could even be translated as "you won't ever learn."
Ἀπολύετε, καὶ ἀπολυθήσεσθε.
Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
The words are from the Gospel of Luke.
The complete verse has three parallel statements: καὶ μὴ κρίνετε, καὶ οὐ μὴ κριθῆτε· καὶ μὴ καταδικάζετε, καὶ οὐ μὴ καταδικασθῆτε. ἀπολύετε, καὶ ἀπολυθήσεσθε, "Do not judge, and you will not be judge; do not not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven."
Ἀγαθὴ καὶ μᾶζα μετ᾽ ἄρτον.
Even a barley-cake is good, after the bread (is gone).
Barley-cakes were the proverbial food of poor people and slaves. In other words, when someone's circumstances have changed for the worst, they will change their opinion about what is good. Note the adverbial use of καὶ here: instead of joining two equal things as a conjunction, it means something like "even" or "also." From Greek Ἀγαθὴ, we get the name Agatha.
Οἱ διψῶντες σιωπῇ πίνουσι.
Those who are thirsty drink in silence.
The word διψῶντες is a participle from the verb διψάω; you can see the Greek root in the English word dipsomaniac. The idea is that when someone really needs something, they will be completely focused on that thing. Total absorption; no chit-chat.
Ἄγουσιν ἑορτὴν οἱ κλέπται.
The thieves are having a holiday.
The saying refers to people who are able to steal with impunity; it's a fragment of Cratinus, a comic poet who flourished in the 5th century B.C.E. He was one of the most famous comic playwrights, but only fragments of his plays survive.
Ἐὰν μὴ πάθῃς, οὐ μὴ ______.
______, καὶ ἀπολυθήσεσθε.
______ καὶ μᾶζα μετ᾽ ἄρτον.
Οἱ διψῶντες ______ πίνουσι.
Ἄγουσιν ἑορτὴν οἱ ______.
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Ἐὰν μὴ πάθῃς, οὐ μὴ μάθῃς.______, καὶ ἀπολυθήσεσθε.
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Ἀπολύετε, καὶ ἀπολυθήσεσθε.______ καὶ μᾶζα μετ᾽ ἄρτον.
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Ἀγαθὴ καὶ μᾶζα μετ᾽ ἄρτον.Οἱ διψῶντες ______ πίνουσι.
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Οἱ διψῶντες σιωπῇ πίνουσι.Ἄγουσιν ἑορτὴν οἱ ______.
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Ἄγουσιν ἑορτὴν οἱ κλέπται.
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