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

Bion of Borysthenes

About Bion of Borysthenes

Bion of Borysthenes (Greek: Βίων Βορυσθενίτης, gen.: Βίωνος; c. 325 – c. 250 BC) was a Greek philosopher. After being sold into slavery, and then released, he moved to Athens, where he studied in almost every school of philosophy. It is, however, for his Cynic-style diatribes that he is chiefly...