25 Quotes By Herodotus


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

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
Herodotus on trust

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

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

Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
Herodotus on knowledge