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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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Bion of Borysthenes
#Sports
#Philosophical
#Animal
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Good slaves are free, but bad free men are slaves of many passions.
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Bion of Borysthenes
#Passion
#Men
#Slave
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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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Bion of Borysthenes
#Hurt
#Hair
#It Hurts
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Love of money is the mother-city (metropolis) of all evils.
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Bion of Borysthenes
#Mother
#Cities
#Evil
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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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Bion of Borysthenes
#Kings
#Men
#Good Man
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Wealth is the sinews of success.
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Bion of Borysthenes
#Wealth
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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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Bion of Borysthenes
#Eye
#Men
#Passing Away
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Self-conceit is the enemy of progress.
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Bion of Borysthenes
#Self
#Enemy
#Progress
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Bion insisted on the principle that "The property of friends is common.
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Bion of Borysthenes
#Principles
#Common
#Property
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The boys throw rocks at the frogs in jest. But the frogs die in earnest.
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Bion of Borysthenes
#Boys
#Rocks
#Frogs
