Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
HQuote 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.
HQuote by Herodotus about calumny, man
As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.
HQuote by Herodotus about beginning, old, olderness, end
But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
HQuote by Herodotus about gods, success
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
HQuote 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.
HQuote 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.
HQuote by Herodotus about action, moment, man
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
HQuote by Herodotus about faith
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
HQuote 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.
HQuote by Herodotus about risk, fear, being
