black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.

Herodotus

Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
HERODOTUS

Falsehood Lying
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
Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.
HERODOTUS

Honor Love Possession Shady
It is better to be envied than pitied.
HERODOTUS

Better Envy One Liner
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.
HERODOTUS

Fun Himself Men relief Serious
Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.
HERODOTUS

Goodness Slavery
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.
HERODOTUS

Deep Happiness Home Ideas Philosophy
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

Bidding Choice Men Nation World
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
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
HERODOTUS

Convinced Nature See
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
HERODOTUS

Force Military Need Skill
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
HERODOTUS

Fortunate Happiness Men Rich
The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
HERODOTUS

Men Philosophy Power Suffering Worst
Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
HERODOTUS

Happiness Inspirational Life Live Reflection Thinking
The king’s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
HERODOTUS

Greatness Human Kings Power
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
HERODOTUS

Inspirational Possible Time

All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Herodotus Quotes