Herodotus quotes - page 2

The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs. (Herodotus)
The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance. View quote
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It is said that as many days as there are in the whole journey, so many are the men and horses that stand along the road, each horse and man at the interval of a day's journey; and these are stayed neither by snow nor rain nor heat nor darkness from accomplishing their appointed course with all speed. View quote
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When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers. View quote
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There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob. View quote
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As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. View quote
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence. View quote
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Great things are won by great dangers. View quote
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To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing. View quote
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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. View quote
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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change. (Herodotus)
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. View quote
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Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace. View quote
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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. View quote
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Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty. View quote
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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied. View quote
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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself. View quote
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Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate. View quote
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It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing. View quote
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The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest. View quote
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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)
The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes. View quote
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Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest. View quote
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Stranger, tell the people of Lacedaemon That we who lie here obeyed their commands. View quote
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I am going to talk at some length about Egypt, because it has very many remarkable features and has produced more monuments which beggar description than anywhere else in the world. View quote
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