Quotes from Ancient Times
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 Polybius (205 BC - 118 BC), Greek historian
 Those that know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.
There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.
Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.
"Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than before."
There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.
"Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos"
Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.
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