30 ordspråk av Herodotos
Herodotos
 Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh. |
| Men trust their ears less than their eyes |
| Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever |
| Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. [The Motto Of The U.S. Postal Service] |
| Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this, to know so much and to have control over nothing |
| Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, pain of love lasts a lifetime. |
| Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty |
| 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. |
| The destiny of man is in his own soul |
| The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance. |
| The order was obeyed and when [the Greek general] saw gold and silver couches all beautifully draped, and gold and silver tables, and everything prepared for the feast with great magnificence, he could hardly believe his eyes for the good things set before them. |
| The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing |
| The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing |
| These (messengers) will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night |
| Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects. |
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