"If history is deprived of the Truth, we……" — Polybius
"If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale."
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Polybius
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13 Quotes by Polybius
Polybius has 13 quotes on this site.
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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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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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Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human.
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Soviet regime in a way deprived me from my childhood in my homeland, because my father was in military, and…
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Rather, for all objects and experiences, there is a quantity that has optimum value. Above that quantity, the variable becomes…
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I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would…
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I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried…
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When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught…
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I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and…
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Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become…
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No poor, rural, weak, or black person should ever again have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of…
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The real illness of the American city today, and especially of the deprived groups within it, is voicelessness.
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Anti-Semitism hits me on the head: I am enraged, I am bled white by an appalling battle, I am deprived…
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