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Famous Quotes Home >> Authors Starting with H >> Quotes By Herodotus |
| Quote #1: | "Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks." |
| Quote #2: | "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." |
| Quote #3: | "How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied." |
| Quote #4: | "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." |
| Quote #5: | "In soft regions are born soft men." |
| Quote #6: | "It is better to be envied than pitied." |
| Quote #7: | "Men trust their ears less than their eyes." |
| Quote #8: | "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." |
| Quote #9: | "In peace, children inter their parents war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children." |
| Quote #10: | "Force has no place where there is need of skill." |
| Quote #11: | "Haste in every business brings failures." |
| Quote #12: | "The king's might is greater than human, and his arm is very long." |
| Quote #13: | "Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed." |
| Quote #14: | "This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but no power." |
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