Author: Herodotus

Quotes

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

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

- Herodotus

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

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

- Herodotus

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.

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.

- Herodotus

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

- Herodotus

If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.

If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.

- 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

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

- Herodotus

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