If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
HERODOTUSHow much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
More 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.
HERODOTUS -
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
HERODOTUS -
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
HERODOTUS -
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 -
Chances rule men and not men chances.
HERODOTUS -
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
HERODOTUS -
Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.
HERODOTUS -
The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
HERODOTUS -
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
HERODOTUS -
The period of a [Persian] boy’s education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.
HERODOTUS -
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
HERODOTUS -
Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.
HERODOTUS -
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
HERODOTUS -
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
HERODOTUS -
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