Author: Herodotus

Quotes

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

- Herodotus

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

- Herodotus

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

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

- Herodotus

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

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

- Herodotus

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

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

- Herodotus

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

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

- Herodotus

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

- Herodotus

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

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

- Herodotus

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

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

- Herodotus

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