Category: Herodotus

Herodotus | war

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

Herodotus | war

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

Herodotus | trust

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

Herodotus | success

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

Herodotus | respect

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

Herodotus | power

The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.

Herodotus | peace

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

Herodotus | peace

In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

Herodotus | men

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

Herodotus | men

I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.

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