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

Force has no place where there is need of skill.
Herodotus

As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
Herodotus

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

Great things are won by great dangers.
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

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

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.
Herodotus