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Herodotus
Greek
Historian
About the author
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#People
#May
#Knowledge
#Weight
#Accomplishments
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Men
#Circumstances
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Men
#Eyes
#Trust
Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Man
#Men
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Friend
#Possessions
Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Nothing
#Men
#Control
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,
Greek
Historian
#God
#Will
#End
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Woman
#Clothes
#Modesty
Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Men
#Countries
The destiny of man is in his own soul.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Man
#Soul
#Destiny
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,
Greek
Historian
#Fear
#Being
#Risk
#Boldness
The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Belief
#Men
#Eyes
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Rest
#Gods
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,
Greek
Historian
#May
#Man
#Luck
#Fortune
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Influence
#Man
#Misfortune
The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Ignorance
#Evil
#Knowledge
The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Nothing
#Man
#Power
#Pain
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Nothing
#Mob
To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Advice
#Giving
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Time
#Right
#Will
#Rest
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#God
#Man
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,
Greek
Historian
#Men
#Goal
#Victory
Great things are won by great dangers.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Respect
#Woman
A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Man
#First
#Calumny
All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Men
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#End
#Old
#Beginning
But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Success
#Gods
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Men
#Circumstances
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#War
#Peace
#Evil
#Effort
Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Death
#Men
Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#God
#Rest
#Trees
#Houses
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Force
#Skill
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,
Greek
Historian
#Country
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Deeds
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Freedom
#Equality
#Speech
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.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Action
#Man
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
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.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Men
#Cities
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.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Fun
#Being
#Man
#Relaxation
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#World
#Men
#Examination
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Men
#Illness
#Change
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#War
#Peace
#Sons
#Fathers
In soft regions are born soft men.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#Men
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
Herodotus,
Greek
Historian
#God