The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing. Herodotus Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 4
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons. Herodotus Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 1
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 Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 0
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing. Herodotus Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 0
It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself. Herodotus Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 0
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh. Herodotus Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 0
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate. Herodotus Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 0
Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever. Herodotus Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 0
Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing. Herodotus Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 0
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 Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 0
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty. Herodotus Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 0
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 Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 0
The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes. Herodotus Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 0
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest. Herodotus Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 0
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 Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 0
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence. Herodotus Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 0
The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance. Herodotus Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 0
A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it. Herodotus Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 0
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. Herodotus Greek Historian More Herodotus Quotes 0