"From this I conclude that the best education……" — Polybius
"From this I conclude that the best education for the situations of actual life consists of the experience we acquire from the study of serious history. For it is history alone which without causing us harm enables us to judge what is the best course in any situation or circumstance."
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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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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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For peace, with justice and honor, is the fairest and most profitable of possessions, but with disgrace and shameful cowardice,…
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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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