Herodotus
Herodotus
Herodotuswas a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Cariaand lived in the fifth century BC, a contemporary of Socrates. He is widely referred to as "The Father of History"; he was the first historian known to have broken from Homeric tradition to treat historical subjects as a method of investigation—specifically, by collecting his materials systematically and critically, and then arranging them into a historiographic narrative. The Histories is the only work which he is known to have produced, a record...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionHistorian
friendship real joy
A real friend ... exults in his friend’s happiness, rejoices in all his joys, and is ready to afford him the best advice.
kings long arms
The king's might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.
kings rage-from-the-iliad good-things
A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
god-love greater
The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest.
envy envied
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
freedom-of-speech way good-things
It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing.
spring taken years
Tell Greece that her spring has been taken out of her year.
learning men trying
Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.
envy secret absence
The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.
time drinking wine
They [the Persians] are accustomed to deliberate on matters of the highest moment when warm with wine; but whatever they in this situation may determine is again proposed to them on the morrow, in their cooler moments, by the person in whose house they had before assembled. If at this time also it meet their approbation, it is executed; otherwise it is rejected. Whatever also they discuss when sober, is always a second time examined after they have been drinking.
garments remove
When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.
pride tree suffering
It is the greatest and the tallest of trees that the gods bring low with bolts and thunder. For the gods love to thwart whatever is greater than the rest. They do not suffer pride in anyone but themselves.
party calumny-is two
Calumny is a monstrous vice: for, where parties indulge in it, there are always two that are actively engaged in doing wrong, and one who is subject to injury. The calumniator inflicts wrong by slandering the absent; he who gives credit to the calumny before he has investigated the truth is equally implicated. The person traduced is doubly injured--first by him who propagates, and secondly by him who credits the calumny.
useless foolish given
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.