Quote #3

Once when Bion was at sea in the company of some wicked men, he fell into the hands of pirates; and when the rest said, 'We are undone if we are known,'-'But I,' said he, 'am undone if we are not known.'

More from Bion

  1. Bion used to say that the way to the shades below was easy; he could go there with his eyes shut.
  2. Of a rich man who was niggardly he said, 'That man does not own his estate, but his estate owns him.'
  3. Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest.
  4. Bion insisted on the principle that 'The property of friends is common.'
  5. Old age is the harbor of all ills.
  6. Wealth is the sinews of affairs.
  7. The road to Hades is the easiest to travel.
  8. He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him.

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