Quote

It is a law of nature that fainthearted men should be the fruit of luxurious countries, for we never find that the same soil produces delicacies and heroes.

Herodotus

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Herodotus
Historian
Politician
Writer
Herodotus of Halicarnassus
Herodotus
Father of History
Never
Fruit
Men
Countries
Hero
Delicacies
Produce
Luxurious
Law
Delicacy
Nature
Produces
Find
Heroes
Country
Soil

More quotes by Herodotus

Image
All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.
Herodotus
Image
In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.
Herodotus
Image
Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky.
Herodotus
Image
Circumstances rule men men do not rule circumstances.
Herodotus
Image
When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.
Herodotus
Image
Great things are won by great dangers.
Herodotus
Image
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
Image
Unless a variety of opinions are laid before us, we have no opportunity of selection, but are bound of necessity to adopt the particular view which may have been brought forward.
Herodotus
Image
The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long.
Herodotus
Image
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
Herodotus
Image
If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.
Herodotus
Image
A man trusts his ears less than his eyes.
Herodotus
Image
Where even a falsehood must be told, let it be told.
Herodotus
Image
Happiness is not fame or riches or heroic virtues, but a state that will inspire posterity to think in reflecting upon our life, that it was the life they would wish to live.
Herodotus
Image
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
Herodotus
Image
For as the body grows old, so the wits grow old and become blind towards all things alike.
Herodotus
Image
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]
Herodotus
Image
Haste in every business brings failures.
Herodotus
Image
The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.
Herodotus
Image
The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
Herodotus