„To nie bogaty skąpiec posiada majątek, lecz majątek posiada jego.”
Źródło: Leksykon złotych myśli, wyboru dokonał K. Nowak, Warszawa 1998.
Bion z Borystenes: 22 cytaty0 Polubień
Bion z Borystenes słynne cytaty
odpowiedź na pytanie, czy warto się żenić.
Źródło: Leksykon złotych myśli, wyboru dokonał K. Nowak, Warszawa 1998.
„Nie wiem doprawdy, czy ciebie jakieś zło spotkało, czy kogoś innego coś dobrego”
o złośliwcu, którego zobaczył z kwaśną miną.
„Trwoga Największej trwogi doznaje ten, kto usilnie pragnie być szczęśliwy.”
Źródło: Leksykon złotych myśli, wyboru dokonał K. Nowak, Warszawa 1998.
„Droga do kraju umarłych jest wygodna, skoro można tam dojść z zamkniętymi oczyma.”
Źródło: Leksykon złotych myśli, wyboru dokonał Krzysztof Nowak, Warszawa 1998.
Bion z Borystenes: Cytaty po angielsku
“Good slaves are free, but bad free men are slaves of many passions.”
As quoted by Stobaeus, iii.1.18
“Love of money is the mother-city (metropolis) of all evils.”
As quoted by Stobaeus, iii.10.37
“Self-conceit is the enemy of progress.”
As quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, iv. 50.
“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
“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
As quoted by Teles of Megara, fr. 2, On Self-Sufficiency
“Wealth is the sinews of success.”
As quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, iv. 48.
“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
“Old age is the harbor of all ills.”
As quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, iv. 48.
As quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, iv. 50.