Circumstances Rule Quotes by Herodotus

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Herodotus has 95 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.
• This king [Sesostris] divided the land among all Egyptians so as to give each one a quadrangle of equal size and to…
• Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
• Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
• Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting,…
• The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
• Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
• Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these…
• The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
• If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad…
• Haste in every business brings failures.
• In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.

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