Quotes by Herodotus

Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.

#Women

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

#Knowledge

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

#Death

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

#Ability

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...

#Herodotus

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

#Herodotus

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

#Herodotus

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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