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
suffering doe presumption
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
pride tree suffering
It is the greatest and the tallest of trees that the gods bring low with bolts and thunder. For the gods love to thwart whatever is greater than the rest. They do not suffer pride in anyone but themselves.
men suffering worst
The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
heart evil suffering
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.
men suffering wheels
Mens fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
injured man
A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it.
great jealous success
But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
country good human provide single
It's impossible for someone who is human to have all good things together, just as there is no single country able to provide all good things for itself.
knowledge people
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
anticipate boldness cowardly evils fear half might noble remain run subject
It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.
evil good
The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.
death delightful weary
Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
bolts god greater greatest houses tallest whatever
Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest.
bury fathers peace war
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.