Herodotus Quotes

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
Herodotus

War, Peace, Fathers

The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.
Herodotus

Knowledge, Good, Ignorance

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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Trust, Men, Eyes

A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it.
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Him, Believes, Injured

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
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Fun, Become, Serious

I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
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Men, Place, Another

The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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Power, Pain, Nothing

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.
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Fear, Happen, Might

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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Design, Men, Give

He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
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Best, Him, Happen

Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Place, Force, Skill

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Wise, Human, Influence

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
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Friend, Precious

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
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Good, Freedom, Equality

It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
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Good, Someone, Human

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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Time, Happen, Few

Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
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God, Impossible, Whatever

Great things are won by great dangers.
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Great, Won, Dangers

There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
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Nothing, Foolish, Useless

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.
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Respect, Woman, Her

As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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End, Together, Old

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
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Men, Death, Place

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Change, Men, Illness

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
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Knowledge, May, Give

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Historian

Born: 484 BC

Died: 409 BC

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