Polybius Quotes

For the mob, habituated to feed at the expense of others, and to have its hopes of a livelihood in the property of its neighbors, as soon as it has got a leader sufficiently ambitious and daring, being excluded by poverty from the sweets of civil honors, produces a reign of mere violence.

Polybius

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: greek
  • Birth: 203 BC - 120 BC

Topics

LeaderViolencePovertyNeighbors

I practiced law for 10 years, and I always admired the lawyers who were not afraid to take unpopular cases. And I never had the guts to do that. I was playing it safe. I was trying to make a living. And I just never volunteered for a really tough case, and there were some of them I should've taken. And I admired the lawyers who did.

John Grisham

LawToughTryingLawyersLiving

Whenever Disney asks if you want to do a fairy tale musical, you say yes.

Robert Lopez

Fairy TaleYouSayWantFairyYes

The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

ValuesOpenFirmRepublicKnowsHow

Sadly, commercially-produced, frozen broccoli lacks the ability to form sulforaphane because the vegetables are flash-cooked before they are frozen.

Michael Greger

VegetablesFrozenAbilityBecause

I think the deafness affects me more than I realise; I think it makes me more tired. I loathe parties. I attend, smile and leave.

Stephanie Beacham

SmileTiredMeThinkMoreLeave

Cooking is a weird thing. In homes, I'd wager it's still women who do more of the cooking.

Monica Hesse

WomenCookingWeirdMoreStillWho

America is a country formed by diverse communities from different countries. Overall, the country is very hospitable and gives opportunities to grow. Saying that, I'd also say I'm not a 'white' immigrant; a South Asian's experience is different than, say, a European immigrant's.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

ExperienceSayingOpportunitiesGrow

And, in the case of schools, or anything else, if you have something that is forcing you to do better than you did the day before, it makes you look forward and it makes you think in a way that's going to make the product better, which is the students and the education.

Craig Benson

EducationDayForwardThinkBetter

Bacteria live in unbelievable mixtures of hundreds or thousands of species. Like on your teeth. There are 600 species of bacteria on your teeth every morning.

Bonnie Bassler

LiveMorningTeethBacteriaYour

I think it's important to have as much as a normal life and take the time to get perspective because it only helps your work in the long run.

Winona Ryder

LifeWorkTimePerspectiveThink

I am a direct person.

Susan Rice

I AmPersonDirectAm

Sexy, to me, doesn't have anything to do with beautiful.

Shane West

BeautifulMeSexyAnything

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