Bion of Borysthenes Quotes on Knowledge
Bion of Borysthenes was a Greek philosopher of the third century BC, the son of a freedman and a courtesan, who reinvented the ancient diatribe as a vehicle of moral instruction. This page collects quotes attributed to Bion of Borysthenes on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Bion of Borysthenes:
“Old men should give advice; young men, action; everyone else, silence.”
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“As quoted by Stobaeus, iii.1.18”
Good slaves are free, but bad free men are slaves of many passions. -
“How stupid it was for the king to tear out his hair in grief, as if baldness were a cure for sorrow.”
As quoted by Cicero , Tusculan Disputations , iii. 26 -
“As quoted by Cicero , Tusculan Disputations , iii. 26”
How stupid it was for the king to tear out his hair in grief, as if baldness were a cure for sorrow. -
“As quoted by Plutarch , Moralia , xii. 66”
Boys throw stones at frogs in fun, but the frogs do not die in fun, but in earnest. -
“As quoted by Stobaeus, iii.10.37”
Love of money is the mother-city ( metropolis ) of all evils.