Quote: Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men. [ Herodotus]
Quote: Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks. [ Herodotus]
Quote: Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change. [ Herodotus]
Quote: The destiny of man is in his own soul [ Herodotus]
Quote: How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied. [ Herodotus]
Quote: Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. [The Motto Of The U.S. Postal Service] [ Herodotus]
Quote: In soft regions are born soft men. [ Herodotus]
Quote: Some men 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]
Quote: The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing. [ Herodotus]
Quote: A man calumniated is doubly injured -- first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it. [ Herodotus]
Quote: It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing. [ Herodotus]
Quote: 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]
Quote: It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen. [ Herodotus]
Quote: Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back. [ Herodotus]
Quote: But I like not these great success of yours for I know how jealous are the gods. [ Herodotus]
Quote: Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh. [ Herodotus]
Quote: Circumstances rule men men do not rule circumstances. [ Herodotus]
Quote: All men's gains are the fruit of venturing. [ Herodotus]
Quote: I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break. [ Herodotus]
Quote: Men trust their ears less than their eyes. [ Herodotus]
Quote: In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons. [ Herodotus]
Quote: Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace. [ Herodotus]
Quote: The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing. [ Herodotus]
Quote: When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers. [ Herodotus]
Quote: Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing. [ Herodotus]