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Polybius said that whereas man is held to be the wisest of all creatures, to him he seemed to be the most foolish. Where other creatures have smarted, they will come no more; the fox returns not to the snare, nor the wolf to the pitfall. But man returns to the same sins, and will not take warning until he is utterly ruined.
— Polybius
The point
Polybius observes that while man is called the wisest of creatures, he is really the most foolish, since even foxes and wolves learn to avoid the traps that once caught them, while man returns again and again to the same sins until he is utterly ruined.
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Adults
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