Herodotus Quotes

Great things are won by great dangers.

Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one’s share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.

Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.

Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.

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

Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.

I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.

Chances rule men and not men chances.