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.

Quote by Herodotus

Topics: Herodotus Quotes

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of...

I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of...

But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are...

But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are...

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and...

Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and...

The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had...

The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had...

He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything...

He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything...

It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as...

It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as...

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.

As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.

If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the...

If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the...

To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same...

To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same...

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

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

How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and...

It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and...

The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.

The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.