Herodotus Quotes

Herodotus (Greek - Historian)

 

484 BC - 425 BC

 

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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.

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

 

 

 

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

 

 

 

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

 

 

 

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

 

 

 

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