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Lif and Lifthrasir then shall hide themselves in hoard-Mímir's holt,
The morning dew for meat shall they have,
from them shall ages be born
Líf ok Lifþrasir, en þau leynask munu
í holti Hoddmímis;
morgindöggvar þau sér at mat hafa,
en þaðan af aldir alask.
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It would not be right for me, even if one worse than you were to come, to dishonor a stranger, for of Zeus are all beggars and wanderers, and our giving comes to be both small and dear.
ξ 56
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ξεῖν᾽, οὔ μοι θέμις ἔστ᾽, οὐδ᾽ εἰ κακίων σέθεν ἔλθοι,
ξεῖνον ἀτιμῆσαι: πρὸς γὰρ Διός εἰσιν ἅπαντες
ξεῖνοί τε πτωχοί τε: δόσις δ᾽ ὀλίγη τε φίλη τε
γίγνεται ἡμετέρη
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To what land shall I turn? Where with my ritual go, deserted by Aryan kin? Not with the cruel tyrants, nor with the peasantry am I contented.
How then to propitiate thee, O Ahura Mazda?
Yasna XLVI
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It may be that someone is fated to lose another more beloved, a brother of the womb or a son; but verily will he, having lamented and wept, find release; for the Moirai have set an enduring heart within men.
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μέλλει μέν πού τις καὶ φίλτερον ἄλλον ὀλέσσαι ἠὲ κασίγνητον ὁμογάστριον ἠὲ καὶ υἱόν:
ἀλλ᾽ ἤτοι κλαύσας καὶ ὀδυράμενος μεθέηκε:
τλητὸν γὰρ Μοῖραι θυμὸν θέσαν ἀνθρώποισιν.
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Apr 29
A man shall trust not the oath of a maiden,
Nor the word a woman speaks;
For their hearts on a whirling wheel were fashioned,
And fickle their breasts were formed.
𝘏á𝘷𝘢𝘮á𝘭 84
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Apr 29
Meyjar orðum skyli manngi trúa
né því, er kveðr kona, því at á hverfanda hvéli
váru þeim hjörtu sköpuð, brigð í brjóst of lagið
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Apr 28
Go forth, go forth upon the ancient pathways whereon our sires of old have gone before us.
There shalt thou look on both the Kings enjoying their sacred food, God Varuṇa and Yama.
Rig Veda 10.14.7
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Apr 28
prehi prehi pathibhiḥ pūrvyebhir yatrā naḥ pūrve pitaraḥ pareyuḥ | ubhā rājānā svadhayā madantā yamam paśyāsi varuṇaṃ ca devam
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Apr 27
For hateful to me as the gates of Hades is one who conceals one thing in his heart and speaks another. Therefore will I speak as seems most fitting to me.
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Apr 26
Unto Drvaspa did righteous Zarathustra make offerings in the Aryan Vaeja, on the banks of the good Daitya, with the soma and milk, the baresman, with the ritual tongue, the mantra, word and deed, with praises and right-poured libations;
𝘎𝘰𝘴𝘩 𝘠𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘵 25
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Apr 25
For thus with this was he tasked, and the gods were witnesses upon it. Fearing their wrath, he hastened with all swiftness to accomplish the great work, since it was the ordainment of Zeus upon him.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴
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Apr 24
Early shall he rise, he who would have another's life or goods;
seldom does the lying wolf get the thigh, nor the sleeping man victory.
Ár skal rísa, sá er annars vill
fé eða fjör hafa;
sjaldan liggjandi ulfr
lær of getr né sofandi maðr sigr.
𝘏á𝘷𝘢𝘮á𝘭 58
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Apr 23
Whoever is a thief, a robber, a murderer, a killer of righteous persons, whoever is addicted to sorcery, a burier of corpses, whoever is wicked, greedy, impious... may their evil desires lead them to destruction.
Ardvi Sura Nyāyesh (8)
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Apr 24
Yō tāyush, yō hazangha, yō gadhō yō ashavaja, yō yōtumāo, yō nasuspāo, yō sperezvāo, yō arāitivāo, yō ashemaoghō an-ashava, yō mashyō drvāo sāsta; tem avi tbaeshāo paityantu ithyejāo isha yō i dadha, ithyejāo yantu yō dī dadha.
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Apr 22
O friends, for all our grieving, not yet shall we go down into the house of Hades, not before the day of our fate comes upon us.
ὦ φίλοι, οὐ γάρ πω καταδυσόμεθ’ ἀχνύμενοί περ εἰς Ἀίδαο δόμους, πρὶν μόρσιμον ἧμαρ ἐπέλθῃ
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Apr 21
As a fair matron comes forth Eos unfolding splendor,
stirring the settlements, rousing the footed creatures and setting the birds to the wing.
ā ghā yoṣeva sūnary uṣā yāti prabhuñjatī
jarayantī vṛjanam padvad īyata ut pātayati pakṣiṇaḥ
Rigveda I.XLVIII.V
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