Herodotus Quotes and Sayings
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A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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All men's gains are the fruit of venturing. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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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. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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Force has no place where there is need of skill. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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Great things are won by great dangers. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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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. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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In soft regions are born soft men. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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Soft men tend to be born from soft countries. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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The destiny of man is in his own soul. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
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When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers. Herodotus | Refcard PDF ↑
