Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 325 Bc Death: 250 Bc
Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest..
It hurts the bald-head just as much as the thatched-head to have his hairs plucked..
Love of money is the mother-city (metropolis) of all evils..
The road to Hades is easy to travel; at any rate men pass away with their eyes shut..
Wealth is the sinews of success..
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, ju….
Good slaves are free, but bad free men are slaves of many passions..
Self-conceit is the enemy of progress..
Bion insisted on the principle that "The property of friends is common.".
The boys throw rocks at the frogs in jest. But the frogs die in earnest..