Polybius, Histories

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Book 36 - Chapter 13

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<w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="kata%2F">κατά</w> <w lemma="ti">τι</w> <w lemma="su%2Fmptwma">σύμπτωμα</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="me%5Cn">μὲν</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Akallikra%2Ftous">Καλλικράτους</w> <w lemma="ei%29ko%2Fnwn">εἰκόνων</w> <w lemma="ei%29sferome%2Fnwn">εἰσφερομένων</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="sko%2Ftos">σκότος</w>, <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="de%5C">δὲ</w> <w lemma="tou%3D">τοῦ</w> <w lemma="%2Aluko%2Frta">Λυκόρτα</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="au%29th%5Cn">αὐτὴν</w> <w lemma="h%28me%2Fran">ἡμέραν</w> <w lemma="e%29kferome%2Fnwn">ἐκφερομένων</w> <w lemma="ei%29s">εἰς</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="fw%3Ds">φῶς</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="th%5Cn">τὴν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="a%29rxh%3Ds">ἀρχῆς</w> <w lemma="dia%2Fqesin">διάθεσιν</w>,
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<w lemma="pa%2Fntas">πάντας</w> <w lemma="h%29na%2Fgkaze">ἠνάγκαζε</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="gino%2Fmenon">γινόμενον</w> <w lemma="e%29pifqe%2Fggesqai">ἐπιφθέγγεσθαι</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="dei%3D">δεῖ</w> <w lemma="mhde%2Fpote">μηδέποτε</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="kairoi%3Ds">καιροῖς</w> <w lemma="u%28perhfa%2Fnws">ὑπερηφάνως</w> <w lemma="xrh%3Dsqai">χρῆσθαι</w> <w lemma="kata%5C">κατὰ</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="pe%2Flas">πέλας</w>, <w lemma="ei%29do%2Fta">εἰδότα</w> <w lemma="dio%2Fti">διότι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="li%2Fan">λίαν</w> <w lemma="tou%3Dt%27">τοῦτ᾽</w> <w lemma="e%29%2Fstin">ἔστιν</w> <w lemma="i%29%2Fdion">ἴδιον</w> <w lemma="e%29pith%2Fdeuma">ἐπιτήδευμα</w> <w lemma="th%3Ds">τῆς</w> <w lemma="tu%2Fxhs">τύχης</w>, <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="toi%3Ds">τοῖς</w> <w lemma="au%28tw%3Dn">αὑτῶν</w> <w lemma="e%29pinoh%2Fmasi">ἐπινοήμασι</w> <w lemma="kai%5C">καὶ</w> <w lemma="nomoqeth%2Fmasin">νομοθετήμασιν</w> <w lemma="e%29c">ἐξ</w> <w lemma="u%28postrofh%3Ds">ὑποστροφῆς</w> <w lemma="au%29tou%5Cs">αὐτοὺς</w> <w lemma="u%28poba%2Fllein">ὑποβάλλειν</w> <w lemma="tou%5Cs">τοὺς</w> <w lemma="nomoqeth%2Fsantas">νομοθετήσαντας</w>. —
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<w lemma=""></w> <w lemma="%2A%28%2Foti">Ὅτι</w> <w lemma="au%29to%5C">αὐτὸ</w> <w lemma="to%5C">τὸ</w> <w lemma="fu%2Fsei">φύσει</w> <w lemma="filo%2Fkainon">φιλόκαινον</w> <w lemma="tw%3Dn">τῶν</w> <w lemma="a%29nqrw%2Fpwn">ἀνθρώπων</w> <w lemma="i%28kano%2Fn">ἱκανόν</w> <w lemma="e%29sti">ἐστι</w> <w lemma="pro%5Cs">πρὸς</w> <w lemma="pa%3Dsan">πᾶσαν</w> <w lemma="metabolh%2Fn">μεταβολήν</w>.
It chanced that on one and the same day the portraits of Callicrates were carried in in darkness, while those of Lycortas on the same day were brought out into the light to occupy their original position, and this made every one remark that no one should misuse his success to persecute his neighbours, since he should know that it is the peculiar function of Fortune to bring to bear in turn on the legislators themselves the very laws they themselves originated and passed.
The love of innovation natural to man is in itself sufficient to produce any kind of revolution.