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Famous Herodotus Quotes
“Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.”
“Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.”
Source: The Histories Book 3: Thaleia
“Men trust their ears less than their eyes.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Herodotus (Illustrated)
“The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.”
“The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.”
Source: Democracy's First Struggle: Herodotus' Histories
Source: Herodotus
“Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.”
“Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.”
“The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.”
“The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.”
Source: The Histories of Herodotus
“Mens fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.”
Source: Herodotus