More quotes by Bion of Borysthenes
Boys throw stones at frogs in fun, but the frogs do not die in fun, but in earnest.
Bion insisted on the principle that "The property of friends is common."
Good slaves are free, but bad free men are slaves of many passions.
The road to Hades is easy to travel; at any rate men pass away with their eyes shut.
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In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.
O Fortune, cruellest of heavenly powers,
Why make such game of this poor life of ours?
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