Quotes By Herodotus

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

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

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.

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.

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

In soft regions are born soft men.

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

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

Great things are won by great dangers.

Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.

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

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.

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.