Herodotus on goodness
Herodotus82 quotes“Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.”
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When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
HerodotusHerodotus Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
HerodotusHerodotus There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
HerodotusHerodotus The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.
HerodotusHerodotus We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
HerodotusHerodotus Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
HerodotusHerodotus The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
HerodotusHerodotus If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
HerodotusHerodotus My men have become women, but the women men.
HerodotusHerodotus The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
HerodotusHerodotus We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
HerodotusHerodotus The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.
HerodotusHerodotus If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
HerodotusHerodotus But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.
HerodotusHerodotus Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
HerodotusHerodotus Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
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