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.
It hurts the bald-head just as much as the thatched-head to have his hairs plucked.
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Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
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