Men trust their ears less than their eyes

Quote by Herodotus

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A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and...

A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and...

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war...

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war...

Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man...

Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man...

The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over...

The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over...

The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.

The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.

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...

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.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of...

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of...

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.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.

There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.

In soft regions are born soft men.

In soft regions are born soft men.

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

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

The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.

The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.

Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have...

Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have...

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...

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.