167 Quotes by Herodotus

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

Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.

For as the body grows old, so the wits grow old and become blind towards all things alike.

The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.

It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.

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

A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.

Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.

Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession.