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.

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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.
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD)
-- Which are the most crafty, Water or Land Animals? 7

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