Quotes about Herodotus

In soft regions are born soft men.

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

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Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

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

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

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

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I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to...

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

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

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Great things are won by great dangers.

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Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

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God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

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