Quotes from Herodotus

It is better to be envied than pitied.

In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.

This is the worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

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

Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.

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.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.

Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

In soft regions are born soft men.

The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.

A man trusts his ears less than his eyes.

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

The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.

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

My men have become women, but the women men.

The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.

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