Herodotus Quotes

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

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Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

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Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

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Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

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Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.

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Great things are won by great dangers.

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To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.

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

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

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

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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

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Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.

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

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Force has no place where there is need of skill.

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All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.

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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

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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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It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.

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