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

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
Herodotus

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

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

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
Herodotus

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
Herodotus

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
Herodotus

Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest.
Herodotus

Force has no place where there is need of skill.
Herodotus

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
Herodotus


Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Herodotus

Great things are won by great dangers.
Herodotus

He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
Herodotus

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

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

I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
Herodotus

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
Herodotus

If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.
Herodotus

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
Herodotus

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