In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
HERODOTUSGreat things are won by great dangers.
More Herodotus Quotes
-
-
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
HERODOTUS -
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 -
Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
HERODOTUS -
Chances rule men and not men chances.
HERODOTUS -
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 -
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
HERODOTUS -
Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour of the gods.
HERODOTUS -
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
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 -
My men have become women, but the women men.
HERODOTUS -
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
HERODOTUS -
It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.
HERODOTUS -
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
HERODOTUS -
We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
HERODOTUS -
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
HERODOTUS






