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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. Herodotus Read Quote
A man calumniated is doubly injured – first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it. Herodotus Read Quote
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 Read Quote