23 Quotations by Herodotus
- 1. A man calumniated is doubly injured -- first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who beli ...
- 2. All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
- 3. Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
- 4. Force has no place where there is need of skill.
- 5. Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
- 6. Haste in every business brings failures.
- 7. How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
- 8. If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he ...
- 9. Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
- 10. In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter ...
- 11. In soft regions are born soft men.
- 12. It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate t ...
- 13. It is better to be envied than pitied.
- 14. Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
- 15. Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion ...
- 16. Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion ...
- 17. Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses wi ...
- 18. Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary ...
- 19. The destiny of man is in his own soul
- 20. The king's might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
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