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εἰ δέ γε πλούσιοι ἦμεν, οὔτ’ ἂν τὰς ταινίας ἐπωλοῦμεν οὔτ’ ἂν ὅλως ἦμεν ἄποροι.
If we were rich, we would not be selling ribbons, nor would we be completely at our wits' end.
Demosthenes Speeches 57.36 (238)
εἰ δὲ γῆς ἐπ’ ἐσχάτοις / ὅροισιν ᾤκεις, οὐκ ἂν ἦν λόγος σέθεν.
If you were living at the ends of the earth, there would be no talk of you.
Euripides Medea 540-541 (485)

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