--- title: "Best Herodotus Quotations" description: "Herodotus was a Greek historian and geographer who wrote the Histories, a detailed account of the Greco‑Persian Wars. Browse 145 Herodotus quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-herodotus-41927.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-herodotus-41927.jpg) # Herodotus Historian **145** quotes in **621** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Herodotus is a historian, best known for *Herodotus*. ## Quick Facts About Herodotus Profession Historian Notable works Herodotus ## About Herodotus Herodotus, born in the Greek city of Halicarnassus when it was under Persian control in the 5th century BC, was a historian and geographer. He later became a citizen of Thurii in what is now Calabria, Italy. He authored the Histories, which records the Greco‑Persian Wars and other topics such as the rise of the Achaemenid dynasty of Cyrus. The Roman orator Cicero called him “The Father of History.” ## Quotes by Herodotus · Page 4 > [When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/when-life-is-so-burdensome-death-has-become-a-sought-after-refuge/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/herodotus-2844_death_when-life-is-so-burdensome-death-has-bec_1201403.jpg) > [Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/dreams-in-general-take-their-rise-from-those-incidents-which-have/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Dream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dream/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18f/herodotus-2844_dream_dreams-in-general-take-their-rise-from-t_2088559.jpg) > [The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/the-worst-pain-a-man-can-suffer-to-have-insight-into-much-and-power/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Pain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92d/herodotus-2844_pain_the-worst-pain-a-man-can-suffer-to-have_2282613.jpg) > [Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/historia-inquiry-so-that-the-actions-of-of-people-will-not-fade-with/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45c/herodotus-2844_action_historia-inquiry-so-that-the-actions-of_1389602.jpg) > [Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/good-masters-generally-have-bad-slaves-and-bad-slaves-have-good/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Masters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/masters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/323/herodotus-2844_masters_good-masters-generally-have-bad-slaves-a_2073725.jpg) > [The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/the-most-hateful-grief-of-all-human-griefs-is-to-have-knowledge-of-a/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf6/herodotus-2844_death_the-most-hateful-grief-of-all-human-grie_2626212.jpg) > [Tell Greece that her spring has been taken out of her year.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/tell-greece-that-her-spring-has-been-taken-out-of-her-year/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Defeat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/defeat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f8/herodotus-2844_defeat_tell-greece-that-her-spring-has-been-tak_2918869.jpg) > [ For of those \[cities\] that were great in earlier times, most of them have now become small, while those which were great… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/for-of-those-cities-that-were-great-in-earlier-times-most-of-them/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/750/herodotus-2844_change_for-of-those-cities-that-were-great-in-e_1467768.jpg) > [A general curiosity about the unknown sparked by the multicultural milieu in which I spent my formative years. There was a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/a-general-curiosity-about-the-unknown-sparked-by-the-multicultural/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Curiosity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curiosity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f6/herodotus-2844_curiosity_a-general-curiosity-about-the-unknown-sp_1152329.jpg) > [But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/but-if-you-know-that-you-are-a-man-too-and-that-even-such-are-those/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Affair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a55/herodotus-2844_affair_but-if-you-know-that-you-are-a-man-too-a_2621574.jpg) > [“Now it happened that this Candaules was in love with his own wife; and not only so, but thought her the fairest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/now-it-happened-that-this-candaules-was-in-love-with-his-own-wife-and/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/herodotus-2844_heart_now-it-happened-that-this-candaules-was_2699639.jpg) > [Those who are guided by reason are generally successful in their plans; those who are rash and precipitate seldom enjoy the favour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/those-who-are-guided-by-reason-are-generally-successful-in-their/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Enjoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enjoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/herodotus-2844_enjoy_those-who-are-guided-by-reason-are-gener_421917.jpg) > [We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/we-have-two-useless-gods-who-never-leave-our-island-but-like-to-dwell/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Gods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gods/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc0/herodotus-2844_helplessness_we-have-two-useless-gods-who-never-leave_2127262.jpg) > [He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/he-is-the-best-man-who-when-making-his-plans-fears-and-reflects-on/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Action](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/action/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/herodotus-2844_action_he-is-the-best-man-who-when-making-his-p_1268672.jpg) > [“philosophical writers after his time: nor again must his simplicity of thought and occasional quaintness be reproduced in the form of archaisms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/philosophical-writers-after-his-time-nor-again-must-his-simplicity-of/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Language](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f2b/herodotus-2844_language_philosophical-writers-after-his-time-nor_1262466.jpg) > [It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/it-is-a-law-of-nature-that-fainthearted-men-should-be-the-fruit-of/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Country](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/country/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/herodotus-2844_country_it-is-a-law-of-nature-that-fainthearted_527729.jpg) > [Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/do-you-see-how-the-god-always-hurls-his-bolts-at-the-greatest-houses/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e79/herodotus-2844_always_do-you-see-how-the-god-always-hurls-his_2133672.jpg) > [A real friend ... exults in his friend’s happiness, rejoices in all his joys, and is ready to afford him the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/a-real-friend-exults-in-his-friend-s-happiness-rejoices-in-all-his/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Advice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/582/herodotus-2844_advice_a-real-friend-exults-in-his-friend-s-hap_20571.jpg) > [These 'messengers' will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/these-messengers-will-not-be-hindered-from-accomplishing-at-their/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Darkness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/darkness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/herodotus-2844_darkness_these-messengers-will-not-be-hindered-fr_604070.jpg) > [I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/i-never-yet-feared-those-men-who-set-a-place-apart-in-the-middle-of/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Break](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/break/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/herodotus-2844_break_i-never-yet-feared-those-men-who-set-a-p_2888179.jpg) > [In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/in-peace-children-inter-their-parents-war-violates-the-order-of/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Causes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/causes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/herodotus-2844_causes_in-peace-children-inter-their-parents-wa_2070212.jpg) > [The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/the-man-who-has-planned-badly-if-fortune-is-on-his-side-may-have-had/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Fortune](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fortune/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/herodotus-2844_fortune_the-man-who-has-planned-badly-if-fortune_2056631.jpg) > [Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/very-few-things-happen-at-the-right-time-and-the-rest-do-not-happen/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Conscientious](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conscientious/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/herodotus-2844_conscientious_very-few-things-happen-at-the-right-time_283241.jpg) > [Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/unless-a-variety-of-opinions-are-laid-before-us-we-have-no/) [Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/) [Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bounds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09b/herodotus-2844_bounds_unless-a-variety-of-opinions-are-laid-be_312954.jpg) > [ It \[Egypt\] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than… 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