In soft regions are born soft men.
Herodotus

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.
Herodotus

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
Herodotus

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.
Herodotus

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

Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
Herodotus

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
Herodotus

Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
Herodotus

Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
Herodotus

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
Herodotus

One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
Herodotus

Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
Herodotus

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.
Herodotus

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.
Herodotus

The destiny of man is in his own soul.
Herodotus

The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.
Herodotus

The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
Herodotus

The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
Herodotus

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
Herodotus

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