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Herodotus Quotes
Best Quotes by Herodotus (Top 10)
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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.
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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.
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Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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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.
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The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.
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But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor's troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
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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.
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Those who are skilled in archery bend their bow only when they are preparing to use it; when they do not require it, they allow it to remain unbent, for otherwise it would remain unserviceable when the time for using it arrived. So it is with man. If he were to devote himself unceasingly to a dull round of business, without breaking the monotony by cheerful amusements, he would fall imperceptibly into idiocy, or be struck by paralysis
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It is better to be envied than pitied.
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More Herodotus Quotes
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Haste in every business brings failures.
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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
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The man of affluence is not in fact more happy than the possessor of a bare competency, unless, in addition to his wealth, the end of his life be fortunate. We often see misery dwelling in the midst of splendour, whilst real happiness is found in humbler stations.
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In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.
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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
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Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
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The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. [The Motto Of The U.S. Postal Service]
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The destiny of man is in his own soul.
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Force has no place where there is need of skill.
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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
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Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
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All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
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Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
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A man calumniated is doubly injured — first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it.
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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
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