“Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.Rate it:(0.00 / 0 votes)

Polybius (ca. 203-120 BC) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic Period noted for his book called The Histories covering in detail the period of 220-146 BC. He is also renowned for his ideas of political balance in the government, which was later used in Montesquieu's The Spirit of the Laws and the drafting of the United States Constitution

(0 votes)

Translation

Find a translation for this quote in other languages:

Select another language:

Citation

Use the citation below to add this page to your bibliography:

Style:MLA Chicago APA

"Polybius Quotes." Quotes.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2013. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://www.quotes.net/quote/21103>.

Translation

Find a translation for this quote in other languages:

Citation

Use the citation below to add this page to your bibliography:

We need you!

Help build the largest human-edited quotes collection on the web!

The Web's Largest Resource for

Famous Quotes & Sayings

A Member Of The STANDS4 Network