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.
- Herodotus
Always, Relaxation, Allowed, Mad
Great things are won by great dangers.
- Herodotus
Great, Won, Things, Dangers
A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it.
- Herodotus
Doubly, Believes, Calumny, Injured
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
- Herodotus
Trust, Men, Than, Ears
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.
- Herodotus
Happen, Half, Subject, Anticipate
Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
- Herodotus
Same, Which, Ever, Fortunes
One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end.
- Herodotus
Will, Always, Finally, In The End
When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.
- Herodotus
Woman, She, Her, Garment
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.
- Herodotus
Design, Some, Almost, Vigorous
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
- Herodotus
War, Effort, Strife, Greater Evil
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
- Herodotus
Risks, Chance, Deeds, Wrought
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
- Herodotus
Rest, Happen, Very, Right Time
The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.
- Herodotus
Men, Ears, Lesser, Agents
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
- Herodotus
Knowledge, Give, Weigh, Accomplishments
He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
- Herodotus
Best, Happen, Making, Reflects
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
- Herodotus
Change, Men, Strikes, Exposed
But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
- Herodotus
Jealousy, Jealous, How, Yours
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
- Herodotus
Better, How, How Much, Pitied
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
- Herodotus
Truth, I Am, Bound, Case
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.
- Herodotus
Good, Impossible, Country, Good Things
I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
- Herodotus
Middle, Set, Which, Apart
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
- Herodotus
Beginning, Old, Appear, Together
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.
- Herodotus
Bidding, Certainly, Select, Examination
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.
- Herodotus
Fortune, Side, Badly, Stroke
Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.
- Herodotus
Death, Weary, Hiding, Delightful
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
- Herodotus
Mob, More, Given, Foolish
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.
- Herodotus
Rest, Always, Thwart, Wont
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
- Herodotus
Wise, Misfortune, Most, Hateful
In soft regions are born soft men.
- Herodotus
Men, Born, Regions, Soft
The gods love to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
- Herodotus
Love, Rest, Punish, Greater
The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.
- Herodotus
Knowledge, Ignorance, Only, Evil
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
- Herodotus
Woman, Remember, Puts, Modesty
Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
- Herodotus
Men, Over, Miseries, Bitterest
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
- Herodotus
War, Fathers, Sons, Bury
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
- Herodotus
Strength, Need, Force, Skill
To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.
- Herodotus
Intelligence, Advice, Think, Obey
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
- Herodotus
Equality, A Good Thing, Good Thing
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
- Herodotus
Men, Unhappy, Exceedingly, Fortunate
All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
- Herodotus
Success, Men, Fruit, Gains
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
- Herodotus
Men, Rule, Circumstances
Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.
- Herodotus
Friendship, Precious, Most, Friend
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
- Herodotus
Himself, Does, Anyone, Suffer
The destiny of man is in his own soul.
- Herodotus
Soul, Brainy, His, Destiny
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
- Herodotus
God, Man, Back, Impossible
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