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• If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale.
• On any occasion when one can discover the cause of events, one should not resort to the gods.
• Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.
• From this I conclude that the best education for the situations of actual life consists of the experience we acquire from the…
• The particular aspect of history which both attracts and benefits its readers is the examination of causes and the capacity, which is…
• Since the masses of the people are inconstant, full of unruly desires, passionate, and reckless of consequences, they must be filled with…
• Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos.
• For peace, with justice and honor, is the fairest and most profitable of possessions, but with disgrace and shameful cowardice, it is…

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