It hurts the bald-head just as much as the thatched-head to have his hairs plucked.

Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest.
BION OF BORYSTHENES

Animal Philosophical Sports
Love of money is the mother-city (metropolis) of all evils.
BION OF BORYSTHENES

Cities Evil Mother
The boys throw rocks at the frogs in jest. But the frogs die in earnest.
BION OF BORYSTHENES

Boys Frogs Rocks
It hurts the bald-head just as much as the thatched-head to have his hairs plucked.
BION OF BORYSTHENES

Hair Hurt Plucked
Bion insisted on the principle that “The property of friends is common.”
BION OF BORYSTHENES

Common Principles Property

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