Quotes by Herodotus

“Call no man happy before he dies.”

“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”

“Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one's share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.”

“All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.”

“If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.”

“As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.”

“Dreams in general take their rise from those incidents which have most occupied the thoughts during the day.”