What did Bion of Borysthenes mean by: Good slaves are free, but bad free men are slaves of many passions. - Bion of Borysthenes Philosopher Copy
+ Love of money is the mother-city (metropolis) of all evils. Feraz Zeid, September 25, 2023December 26, 2023, Bion of Borysthenes, Cities, Evil, Mother, 0 - Bion of Borysthenes Philosopher
+ The boys throw rocks at the frogs in jest. But the frogs die in earnest. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Bion of Borysthenes, Boys, Frogs, Rocks, 0 - Bion of Borysthenes Philosopher
+ Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Bion of Borysthenes, Animal, Philosophical, Sports, 0 - Bion of Borysthenes Philosopher
+ Self-conceit is the enemy of progress. Feraz Zeid, September 16, 2023December 26, 2023, Bion of Borysthenes, Conceit, Self, 0 - Bion of Borysthenes Philosopher
+ Bion insisted on the principle that “The property of friends is common.” Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Bion of Borysthenes, Common, Principles, Property, 0 - Bion of Borysthenes Philosopher
+ Wealth is the sinews of success. Feraz Zeid, October 29, 2023December 26, 2023, Bion of Borysthenes, Wealth, 0 - Bion of Borysthenes Philosopher
+ It hurts the bald-head just as much as the thatched-head to have his hairs plucked. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Bion of Borysthenes, Hair, Hurt, It Hurts, 0 - Bion of Borysthenes Philosopher
+ The road to Hades is easy to travel; at any rate men pass away with their eyes shut. Feraz Zeid, December 28, 2023January 10, 2024, Bion of Borysthenes, Eye, Passing Away, 0 - Bion of Borysthenes Philosopher
Love, slow and gradual in its growth, is too much like friendship ever to be a violent passion. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Only when a book is written out of passion is there much hope of its being read with passion. - Jean Fritz
Whoe’er thou art, thy Lord and master see, Thou wast my Slave, thou art, or thou shalt be. - 1st Baron Lansdowne Politician · United Kingdom
The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue. - William Cowper Poet · England
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Me, rule? Me, place the State under my law, when my feeble reason no longer rules even myself! - Jean Racine Playwright · France
When I’m carried away, isn’t it clear that my heart contradicts my mouth? - Jean Racine Playwright · France
