Herodotus Quotes
A Greek historian who is regarded as the "Father of History" in Western culture.
(c. 484 BC - c. 425 BC)
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A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it.
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All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Although he had plenty of troops he did not have many men.
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
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But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
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Call no man happy till you know the end of his life. Till then, at most, he can only be counted fortunate.
[Happiness]
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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
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Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
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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.
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Every Egyptian was commanded by law annually to declare by what means he maintained himself; and if he omitted to do it, or gave no satisfactory account of his way of living, he was punishable with death. This law Solon brought from Egypt to Athens, where it was inviolably observed as a most equitable regulation.
[Occupation]
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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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From great wrongdoing there are great punishments from the gods.
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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
[Risks]
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Great things are won by great dangers.
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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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.
[Action]
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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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