It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
Quote by Herodotus about equality, things, good, good luck
Quotes by Herodotus, page 2
37 quotes by Herodotus
Herodotus - greek historian
Life period: 484BC-409BC
Origin country: Greece
Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
Quote by Herodotus about knowledge, people
Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
Quote by Herodotus about man
Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
Quote by Herodotus about man, nothing
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 by Herodotus about purpose, victory, man, moment
The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.
Quote by Herodotus about faith, eyes, man
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.
Quote by Herodotus about bad luck, good luck, wealth, bad, man
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
Quote by Herodotus about influence, human imperfections, man
The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.
Quote by Herodotus about ignorance, knowledge, good, good luck
The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.
Quote by Herodotus about suffering, pain, power, nothing, man
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.
Quote by Herodotus about nothing
To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.
Quote by Herodotus about advice, things, good, good luck
Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.
Quote by Herodotus about defects, rest, rightness, things, time
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
Quote by Herodotus about impossible, god, man
When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.
Quote by Herodotus about woman, respect
