167 Quotes by Herodotus

Haste in every business brings failures.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.

There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.

A man trusts his ears less than his eyes.

Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest.

Those who are skilled in archery bend their bow only when they are preparing to use it; when they do not require it, they allow it to remain unbent, for otherwise it would remain unserviceable when the time for using it arrived. So it is with man. If he were to devote himself unceasingly to a dull round of business, without breaking the monotony by cheerful amusements, he would fall imperceptibly into idiocy, or be struck by paralysis

Some 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.

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.