black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.

Herodotus

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

Design Effort Favour Outcomes Result
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

Fortune Luck Men Side
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

Belief Blessing End God Hope Oneself
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
HERODOTUS

Foolish Outrage Useless War
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

Age Chilren Education
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
HERODOTUS

Death Happy Men
History is marked by alternating movements across the imaginary line that separates East from West in Eurasia.
HERODOTUS

History Imagination Movement War
Chances rule men and not men chances.
HERODOTUS

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

Disease Live Long Time Trials
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

Enjoyment Favour God Reason Success
The sun will not shine on any country that has borders with ours.
HERODOTUS

Ourselves Shine War
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
HERODOTUS

Goodness Slavery
Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
HERODOTUS

Inspirational Learning Men Philosophy Trying
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
HERODOTUS

Beginning End Together
It is the gods’ custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.
HERODOTUS

God Greatness Lows
The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
HERODOTUS

Men Philosophy Power Suffering Worst

A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Herodotus Quotes