“ There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man. Polybius
“ 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. Polybius
“ He indeed who believes that by studying isolated histories he can acquire a fairly just view of history as a whole, is, as it seems to me, much in the case of one, who, after having looked at the diss… Polybius
“ But all historians, one may say without exception, and in no half-hearted manner, but making this the beginning and end of their labour, have impressed on us that the soundest education and training f… Polybius
