Memorable Quotes from the Great Historian Herodotus
Histories become the tales not of men, but of events.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Time travels in diverse paces with diverse persons.
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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.
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
Of all men?s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all: the conscientious historian will correct these defects.
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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.
All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.
No one is fool enough to choose war instead of peace?in peace sons bury fathers, but in war fathers bury sons.
The destiny of man is in his own soul.
Of all men’s miseries, the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
I have no desire to write praise of myself.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
Time is the wisest of all things that are, for it brings everything to light.
For great empires, as for great men, it is in adversity that character is laid bare.
Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.
Time carries away exaggerated and incredible tales, and in the end reduces them to their proper level.
Superhuman power is more than human, whether for good or evil.
Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
Custom is the king of all.
It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats.
Men’s fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper forever.
Happiness is an upshot of security and freedom.
Of all human achievements, nothing is so beautiful in truth as our courage.
The destiny of man is in his own soul.
Those who neither allow themselves to be overcome by misfortunes nor become too much elated by good fortune, are the men who can especially affect the souls of their followers.
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
Action and experience provide the cornerstone of learning.
Every man is the maker of his own fortune.