Quotations From HERODOTUS

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• 1.

  They are free, but not entirely free. For Law is despot over them, and they fear him much more than your men fear you.

  Herodotus (c. 484-424 B.C.), Greek historian. The Histories, 7.104.4.
  
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• 2.

  Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

  Herodotus (c. 484-424 B.C.), Greek historian. The Histories, 8.3.
  
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• 3.

  Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

  Herodotus (c. 484-424 B.C.), Greek historian. The Histories, 5.42.
  
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• 4.

  Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters.

  Herodotus (c. 484-424 B.C.), Greek historian. The Histories, 8.68g.
• 5.

  My men have become women, but the women men.

  Herodotus (c. 484-424 B.C.), Greek historian. The Histories, 8.88.
  
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• 6.

  We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.

  Herodotus (c. 484-424 B.C.), Greek historian. The Histories, 8.111.2.
  
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• 7.

  The god loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.

  Herodotus (c. 484-424 B.C.), Greek historian. The Histories, 7.10.
  
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• 8.

  As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning.

  Herodotus (c. 484-424 B.C.), Greek historian. The Histories, 7.51.
  
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• 9.

  Tell Greece that her spring has been taken out of her year.

  Herodotus (c. 484-424 B.C.), Greek historian. The Histories, 7.162.
  
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• 10.

  There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.

  Herodotus (c. 484-424 B.C.), Greek historian. The Histories, 3.81.1.