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
men chance
Chances rule men and not men chances.
country hero men
It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.
men thinking race
For if one should propose to all men a choice, bidding them select the best customs from all the customs that there are, each race of men, after examining them all, would select those of his own people; thus all think that their own customs are by far the best
eye men agents
The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.
happiness men dies
Call no man happy before he dies.
sports archer men
Bowmen bend their bows when they wish to shoot: unbrace them when the shooting is over. Were they kept always strung they would break and fail the archer in time of need. So it is with men. If they give themselves constantly to serious work, and never indulge awhile in pastime or sport, they lose their senses and become mad.
country men born
Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.
men world examination
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own
pain knowledge men
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
men luck may
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
men unhappy rich
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
men suffering worst
The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
change men firsts
But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
courage women men
My men have become women, but the women men.