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Herodotus Quotes: "Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward."

Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.



Herodotus Quotes: "Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters."

Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.




Herodotus Quotes: "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 Quotes: "When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers."

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.




Herodotus Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long."

The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.



Herodotus Quotes: "For as the body grows old, so the wits grow old and become blind towards all things alike."

For as the body grows old, so the wits grow old and become blind towards all things alike.




Herodotus Quotes: "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 Quotes: "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 Quotes: "Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live."

Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.



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

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



Herodotus Quotes: "It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs."

It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.




Herodotus Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered."

The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.



Herodotus Quotes: "Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky."

Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.



Herodotus Quotes: "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 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 Quotes: "Mens fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever."

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



Herodotus Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "The hastening of any undertaking begets error, from which great losses are wont to come."

The hastening of any undertaking begets error, from which great losses are wont to come.



Herodotus Quotes: "In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children."

In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.



Herodotus Quotes: "The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes."

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



Herodotus Quotes: "A real friend ... exults in his friend’s happiness, rejoices in all his joys, and is ready to afford him the best advice."

A real friend ... exults in his friend’s happiness, rejoices in all his joys, and is ready to afford him the best advice.



Herodotus Quotes: "Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession."

Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.



Herodotus Quotes: "Chances rule men and not men chances."

Chances rule men and not men chances.



Herodotus Quotes: "Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed."

Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.



Herodotus Quotes: "Force has no place where there is need of skill."

Force has no place where there is need of skill.



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

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



Herodotus Quotes: "Call no man happy before he dies."

Call no man happy before he dies.



Herodotus Quotes: "But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods."

But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.



Herodotus Quotes: "Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day."

Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.



Herodotus Quotes: "We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness."

We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.



Herodotus Quotes: "It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes."

It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.



Herodotus Quotes: "The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest."

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



Herodotus Quotes: "It is never right to injure anyone. It can never be right to make someone worse than he is."

It is never right to injure anyone. It can never be right to make someone worse than he is.



Herodotus Quotes: "Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told."

Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.



Herodotus Quotes: "The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye."

The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.



Herodotus Quotes: "My men have become women, but the women men."

My men have become women, but the women men.



Herodotus Quotes: "These 'messengers' will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night."

These 'messengers' will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.



Herodotus Quotes: "Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate."

Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.



Herodotus Quotes: "The king's might is greater than human, and his arm is very long."

The king's might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.



Herodotus Quotes: "The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs."

The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.



Herodotus Quotes: "Soft men tend to be born from soft countries."

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.



Herodotus Quotes: "Tell Greece that her spring has been taken out of her year."

Tell Greece that her spring has been taken out of her year.



Herodotus Quotes: "For of those [cities] that were great in earlier times, most of them have now become small, while those which were great in my time were small formerly."

For of those [cities] that were great in earlier times, most of them have now become small, while those which were great in my time were small formerly.



Herodotus Quotes: "It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of 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 of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.



Herodotus Quotes: "Death is a delightful hiding-place for weary men."

Death is a delightful hiding-place for weary men.



Herodotus Quotes: "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 Quotes: "Very few things happen at the right time and the rest do not happen at all the conscientious historian will correct these defects."

Very few things happen at the right time and the rest do not happen at all the conscientious historian will correct these defects.



Herodotus Quotes: "This is the worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing."

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