All Herodotus Quotes
- To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing. Advice
- 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
- It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing. Alone
- There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob. Foolish
- 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… Apart
- How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And… Account
- 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… Best
- I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it. Believe
- Soft men tend to be born from soft countries. Born
- When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers. Funny
- Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty. Clothes
- Great things are won by great dangers. Danger
- The Scythians take kannabis seed, creep in under the felts, and throw it on the red-hot stones. It smolders and sends up such billows of… Bath
- The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes. Agents
- In soft regions are born soft men. Born
- They [the Persians] are accustomed to deliberate on matters of the highest moment when warm with wine; but whatever they in this situation may determine… Accustomed
- Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances. Chance
- The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence. Hateful
- Bowmen bend their bows when they wish to shoot: unbrace them when the shooting is over. Were they kept always strung they would break and… Archer
- Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use. Called