Quotes by Herodotus

“I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.”

“When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.”

“Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.”

“All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.”

“Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.”

“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.”

“The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.”

“Great things are won by great dangers.”

“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.”

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

“If you have two loaves of bread, keep one to nourish the body, but sell the other to buy hyacinths for the soul.”

“Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.”