Herodotus quotes

I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

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.

But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

Great things are won by great dangers.

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.

But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

In soft regions are born soft men.

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.

Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

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 only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.