"For peace, with justice and honor, is the……" — Polybius
"For peace, with justice and honor, is the fairest and most profitable of possessions, but with disgrace and shameful cowardice, it is the most infamous and harmful of all."
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13 Quotes by Polybius
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Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of…
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From this I conclude that the best education for the situations of actual life consists of the experience we acquire…
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If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale.
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The particular aspect of history which both attracts and benefits its readers is the examination of causes and the capacity,…
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Since the masses of the people are inconstant, full of unruly desires, passionate, and reckless of consequences, they must be…
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Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos.
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In our own time the whole of Greece has been subject to a low birth rate and a general decrease…
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The glorious memory of brave men is continually renewed; the fame of those who have performed any noble deed is…
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On any occasion when one can discover the cause of events, one should not resort to the gods.
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A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.
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That historians should give their own country a break, I grant you; but not so as to state things contrary…
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For the mob, habituated to feed at the expense of others, and to have its hopes of a livelihood in…
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