_Alison's "Europe."_--In a note to Sir A. Alison's _Europe_, vol. ix. p.
397., 12mo., enforcing the opinion that the prime movers in all revolutions
are not men of high moral or intellectual qualities, he quotes, as from
"Sallust _de Bello Cat._,"
"In _turbis atque seditionibus_ pessimo cuique plurima vis; pax et
quies bonis artibus _aluntur_."
No such words, however, are to be found in Sallust: but the correct
expression is in Tacitus (_Hist._, iv. 1.):
"Quippe in _turbas et discordias_ pessimo cuique plurima vis; pax et
quies bonis artibus _indigent_."
Sir A. Alison quotes, in the same note, as from Thucydides (l. iii. c.
39.), the following:
"In the contests of the Greek commonwealth, those who were esteemed the
most depraved, and had the least foresight, invariably prevailed; for
being conscious of this weakness, and dreading to be overreached by
those of greater penetration, they went to work hastily with the sword
and poniard, and thereby got the better of their antagonists, who where
occupied with more refined schemes."
This paragraph is certainly not in the place mentioned; nor can I find it
after a diligent search through Thucydides. Will Sir A. Alison, or any of
his Oxford friends, be good enough to point out the author, and indicate
where such a passage is really to be found?