Herodotus

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries. ↗

— Herodotus

#countries #men #soft #tend

The destiny of man is in his own soul. ↗

— Herodotus

#his #man #own #soul

The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes. ↗

— Herodotus

#belief #ears #eyes #lesser #men

The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest. ↗

— Herodotus

#greater #loves #punish #rest #than

To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing. ↗

— Herodotus

#consent #giving #good #good advice #obey

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. ↗

— Herodotus

#bad one #badly #fortune #had #his

The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance. ↗

— Herodotus

#good #ignorance #knowledge #only

A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it. ↗

— Herodotus

#calumny #doubly #first #him #injured

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it. ↗

— Herodotus

#always #become #being #bit #fun

I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break. ↗

— Herodotus

#apart #break #cheat #cities #feared