Herodotus Quotes

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

In peace sons bury their fathers in war fathers bury their sons.

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stay these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

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.

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

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

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

Circumstances rule men men do not rule circumstances.

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