Famous Bion of Borysthenes Quotes
“Love of money is the mother-city (metropolis) of all evils.”
As quoted by Stobaeus, iii.10.37
“The road to Hades is easy to travel; at any rate men pass away with their eyes shut.”
As quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, iv. 49.
As quoted by Teles of Megara, fr. 2, On Self-Sufficiency
“Boys throw stones at frogs in fun, but the frogs do not die in fun, but in earnest.”
Variant translation: Boys throw stones at frogs for fun, but the frogs don't die for "fun", but in sober earnest.
As quoted by Plutarch, Moralia, xii. 66
Bion of Borysthenes Quotes
“Good slaves are free, but bad free men are slaves of many passions.”
As quoted by Stobaeus, iii.1.18
“It hurts the bald-head just as much as the thatched-head to have his hairs plucked.”
As quoted by Seneca, On Tranquility of the Mind
“Bion insisted on the principle that "The property of friends is common."”
As quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, iv. 53.
As quoted by Cicero, Tusculan Disputations, iii. 26
As quoted by Teles of Megara, fr. 2, On Self-Sufficiency
As quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, iv. 50.
