167 Quotes by Herodotus

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.

Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

The most hateful grief of all human griefs is to have knowledge of a truth, but no power over the event.

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 is bold.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.

Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.

But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.