Bion of Borysthenes - Just as the good actor perform well whatever role the poet assigns, so too

Just as the good actor perform well whatever role the poet assigns, so too must the good man perform whatever Fortune assigns. For she, says Bion, just like a poet, sometimes assigns the leading role, sometimes that of the supporting role; sometimes that of a king, sometimes that of a beggar. Do not, therefore, being a supporting actor, desire the role of the lead.

- Bion of Borysthenes

source: "On Self-Sufficiency". Book by Teles of Megara, fragment 2,

topic: Kings, Men, Good Man, Good Actors, Supporting Actors, Supporting Roles