Quotes By Herodotus

The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.

A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it.

The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.

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

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

Great things are won by great dangers.

There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

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.

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

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.

Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.