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
peace children war
In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.
powerful greatness islands
The Andrians were the first of the islanders to refuse Themistocles' demand for money. He had put it to them that they would be unable to avoid paying, because the Athenians had the support of two powerful deities, one called Persuasion and the other Compulsion.The Andrians had replied that Athens was lucky to have two such useful gods, who were obviously responsible for her wealth and greatness; unfortunately, they themselves, in their small & inadequate land, had two utterly useless deities, who refused to leave the island and insisted on staying; and their names were Poverty and Inability.
death suicide risk
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
wise men hateful
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
life men born
In soft regions are born soft men.
failure haste
Haste in every business brings failures.
happens ifs
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
morning wine night
The Persians are very fond of wine ... It is also their general practice to deliberate upon affairs of weight when they are drunk; and then in the morning, when they are sober, the decision to which they came the night before is put before them by the master of the house in which it was made; and if it is then approved they act on it; if not, they set it aside. Sometimes, however, they are sober at their first deliberations, but in this case they always reconsider the matter under the influence of wine.
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.
suffering doe presumption
God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.
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.
stars years names
the Egyptians were the first to discover the solar year, and to portion out its course into twelve parts both the space of time and the seasons which they delimit. It was observation of the course of the stars which led them to adopt this divisionIt is also the Egyptians who first bought into use the names of the twelve gods, which the Greeks adopted from them
heart evil suffering
Far better it is to have a stout heart always and suffer one's share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.