Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
Quote by Herodotus about modesty, clothes, woman
Quotes by Herodotus
37 quotes by Herodotus
Herodotus - greek historian
Life period: 484BC-409BC
Origin country: Greece
A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it.
Quote by Herodotus about calumny, man
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
Quote by Herodotus about beginning, old, olderness, end
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
Quote by Herodotus about circumstances, rules, man
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.
Quote by Herodotus about war, peace
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.
Quote by Herodotus about action, moment, man
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
Quote by Herodotus about faith
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
Quote by Herodotus about peace, war
It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.
Quote by Herodotus about risk, fear, being
