Herodotus
Herodotus
Herodotuswas a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Cariaand lived in the fifth century BC, a contemporary of Socrates. He is widely referred to as "The Father of History"; he was the first historian known to have broken from Homeric tradition to treat historical subjects as a method of investigation—specifically, by collecting his materials systematically and critically, and then arranging them into a historiographic narrative. The Histories is the only work which he is known to have produced, a record...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionHistorian
persuasion convinced
We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.
men chance circumstances
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
eye men his-eyes
A man trusts his ears less than his eyes.
business fall men
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
time history eternity
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
perseverance giving-up suicidal
Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.
health two soul
If you have two loaves of bread, keep one to nourish the body, but sell the other to buy hyacinths for the soul.
use littles force
Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.
hair skins lips
The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.
respect garments claims
A woman takes off her claim to respect along with her garments.
passion risk action
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.
inspirational men gains
All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
horse rain journey
It is said that as many days as there are in the whole journey, so many are the men and horses that stand along the road, each horse and man at the interval of a days journey; and these are stayed neither by snow nor rain nor heat nor darkness from accomplishing their appointed course with all speed.
long disease trials
The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.