Polybius

"And yet judgments concerning either the victors or the vanquished which are based on nothing more than the outcome of battles cannot possible be final; for what have appeared to be the most striking successes have often, if they are not rightly used, brought he most overwhelming disasters in their train, and conversely the most terrible calamities have, if bravely endured, actually turned out to the benefit of the sufferers."


July 22, 2002