Quotes and Sayings

About Author : Herodotus, was a Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC and is regarded as the “Father of History” in Western culture. He was the first historian to collect his materials systematically, test their accuracy to a certain extent, and arrange them in a well constructed and vivid narrative. He is almost exclusively known for writing The Histories, a record of his ‘inquiries’ into the origins of the Greco-Persian Wars which occurred in 490 and 480-479 BC especially since he includes a narrative account of that period, which would otherwise be poorly documented, and many long digressions concerning the various places and peoples he encountered during wide ranging travels around the lands of the Mediterranean and Black Sea. However, some of his stories are not always completely accurate. Herodotus however does state he is only reporting what is told to him, an honesty lacking in many historians.

Herodotus Quotes and Sayings
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Some men 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.

How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

If a man insisted always on being serious and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

In soft regions are born soft men.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

In peace children inter their parents war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Haste in every business brings failures.

The king’s might is greater than human and his arm is very long.

Not snow no nor rain nor heat nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.

This is the bitterest pain among men to have much knowledge but no power.