Bion of Borysthenes Quotes
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Bion insisted on the principle that "The property of friends is common."
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The road to Hades is easy to travel; at any rate men pass away with their eyes shut.
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Just as the good actor perform well whatever role the poet assigns, so too must the good man perform whatever Fortune assigns. For she, says Bion, just like a poet, sometimes assigns the leading role, sometimes that of the supporting role; sometimes that of a king, sometimes that of a beggar. Do not, therefore, being a supporting actor, desire the role of the lead.
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Wealth is the sinews of success.
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Good slaves are free, but bad free men are slaves of many passions.
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The boys throw rocks at the frogs in jest. But the frogs die in earnest.
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Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest.
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Self-conceit is the enemy of progress.
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It hurts the bald-head just as much as the thatched-head to have his hairs plucked.
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Love of money is the mother-city (metropolis) of all evils.
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Related Authors
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Xenocrates Philosopher -
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Antisthenes Philosopher