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Herodotus quotes (46) A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it. Herodotus Category: 
All men's gains are the fruit of venturing. Herodotus Category:
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. Herodotus Category:
But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods. Herodotus Category:
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances. Herodotus Category:
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace. Herodotus Category:
Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men. Herodotus Category:
Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest. Herodotus Category:
Force has no place where there is need of skill. Herodotus Category:
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself. Herodotus Category:
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. Herodotus Category:
Great things are won by great dangers. Herodotus Category:
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. Herodotus Category:
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied. Herodotus Category:
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it. Herodotus Category:
I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break. Herodotus Category:
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. Herodotus Category:
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 Category:
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change. Herodotus Category:
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons. Herodotus Category: War
In soft regions are born soft men. Herodotus Category:
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 Category:
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing. Herodotus Category:
It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself. Herodotus Category:
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh. Herodotus Category:
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate. Herodotus Category:
Men trust their ears less than their eyes. Herodotus Category: Trust
Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever. Herodotus Category:
Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing. Herodotus Category:
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious. Herodotus Category:
One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end. Herodotus Category:
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty. Herodotus Category:
Soft men tend to be born from soft countries. Herodotus Category:
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. Herodotus Category: Design
The destiny of man is in his own soul. Herodotus Category:
The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes. Herodotus Category:
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest. Herodotus Category:
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless. Herodotus Category:
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence. Herodotus Category:
The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance. Herodotus Category:
The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing. Herodotus Category:
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob. Herodotus Category:
To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing. Herodotus Category:
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects. Herodotus Category:
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back. Herodotus Category:
When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers. Herodotus Category:
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