Bion of Borysthenes Quotes

• Good slaves are free, but bad free men are slaves of many passions.

  Bion of Borysthenes

  Passion, Men, Slave

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• The boys throw rocks at the frogs in jest. But the frogs die in earnest.

  Bion of Borysthenes

  Boys, Rocks, Frogs

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• Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest.

  Bion of Borysthenes

  Sports, Philosophical, Animal

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• Love of money is the mother-city (metropolis) of all evils.

  Bion of Borysthenes

  Mother, Cities, Evil

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• Self-conceit is the enemy of progress.

  Bion of Borysthenes

  Self, Enemy Of Progress, Conceit

  "The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers". Book by Diogenes Laërtius, Book IV, 50,

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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.

  Bion of Borysthenes

  Kings, Men, Good Man

  "On Self-Sufficiency". Book by Teles of Megara, fragment 2,

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• Wealth is the sinews of success.

  Bion of Borysthenes

  Wealth

  "The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers". Book by Diogenes Laërtius, Book IV, 48,

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• The road to Hades is easy to travel; at any rate men pass away with their eyes shut.

  Bion of Borysthenes

  Eye, Men, Passing Away

  "The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers". Book by Diogenes Laërtius, Book IV, 49,

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• It hurts the bald-head just as much as the thatched-head to have his hairs plucked.

  Bion of Borysthenes

  Hurt, Hair, It Hurts

  "On the Tranquility of the Mind". Book by Seneca,

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• Bion insisted on the principle that "The property of friends is common."

  Bion of Borysthenes

  Principles, Common, Property

  "The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers". Book by Diogenes Laërtius, Book IV, 53,

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