All Herodotus Quotes
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.
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To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.
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In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
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Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
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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.
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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.
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How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
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I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
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Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
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