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Herodotus, known as the 'Father of History', was a renowned Greek historian. Born in 484 BC and died in 425 BC, he is celebrated for his meticulous research and unique narrative style. His masterpiece, 'The Histories', documents the Greco-Persian Wars and the customs of the regions around them.

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Famous Herodotus Quotes

“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.”

Ifs Knows Men Firsts Humans Doe Turns Change Fortune Affair Fortunate Wheels

Author:Herodotus

“The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.”

Knows Men Pain Knowledge Worst

Book:Democracy's First Struggle: Herodotus' Histories

Source: Democracy's First Struggle: Herodotus' Histories

“But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.”

Knows God Know How Jealous Great Success

Author:Herodotus

“But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor's troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.”

Ifs Knows Ideas Home Would Be Seeing Trouble Mankind Neighbor Glad Exchanging

Author:Herodotus

“I know that human happiness never remains long in the same place.”

Knows Humans Long Remains Human Happiness

Book:The Histories

Source: The Histories