Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate. Herodotus Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace. Herodotus Read Quote
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing. Herodotus Read Quote
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 Read Quote
But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods. Herodotus Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Men’s fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever. Herodotus Read Quote
