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It was the saying of Bion, that though the boys throw stones at frogs in sport, yet the frogs do not die in sport but in earnest.
It was the saying of Bion, that though the boys throw stones at frogs in sport, yet the frogs do not die in sport but in earnest.
Approximate author period: c. 83 AD · classical
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- Approximate author period: c. 83 AD · classical
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Which are the most crafty, Water or Land Animals? 7.
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