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Herodotus Quotes

«Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.»
«If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.»
Author: Herodotus | About: Dogs | Keywords: insisted, relaxation, unstable
«Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty»
Author: Herodotus | Keywords: modesty
«But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods»
Author: Herodotus | Keywords: jealous
«These (messengers) will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night»
Author: Herodotus | Keywords: accomplishing, hindered
«Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.»
«All men's gains are the fruit of venturing»
Author: Herodotus | Keywords: gains, venturing
«Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.»
Author: Herodotus | About: Chance
«Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever»
«Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.»
Author: Herodotus | About: Knowledge | Keywords: accomplishments, lustre, weigh

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