Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos.
The government will take the fairest of names, but the worst of realities--mob rule. - Polybius
The government will take the fairest of names, but the worst of realities--mob rule.
- Polybius
On any occasion when one can discover the cause of events, one should not resort to the gods. - Polybius
On any occasion when one can discover the cause of events, one should not resort to the gods.
Nor ought we ever to allow any growing power to acquire such a degree of strength as to be able to tear from us, without resistance, our natural, und… - Polybius
Nor ought we ever to allow any growing power to acquire such a degree of strength as to be able to tear from us, without resistance, our natural, und…
Since the masses of the people are inconstant, full of unruly desires, passionate, and reckless of consequences, they must be filled with fears to ke… - Polybius
Since the masses of the people are inconstant, full of unruly desires, passionate, and reckless of consequences, they must be filled with fears to ke…
The common people feel themselves oppressed by the grasping of some, and their vanity is flattered by others. Fired with evil passions, they are no l… - Polybius
The common people feel themselves oppressed by the grasping of some, and their vanity is flattered by others. Fired with evil passions, they are no l…
A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible. - Polybius
A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.
If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale. - Polybius
If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale.
In our own time the whole of Greece has been subject to a low birth rate and a general decrease of the population, owing to which cities have become … - Polybius
In our own time the whole of Greece has been subject to a low birth rate and a general decrease of the population, owing to which cities have become …
All things are subject to decay and change. - Polybius
All things are subject to decay and change.
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