Quotes from Ancient Times
Herodotus BC 484-425, Greek Historian
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
If a man insisted on always being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
After all, no one is stupid enough to prefer war to peace; in peace sons bury their fathers and in war fathers bury their sons.
Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
A man calumniated is doubly injured -- first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it.
The most hateful grief of all human griefs is this, to have knowledge of the truth but no power over the event.
The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.
How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.
In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.
Memorable Quotes
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
No one should be so foolish to prefer war to peace.
Force has no place where there is need of skill.
Insightful Quotes cards
Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
The most hateful grief of all human griefs is this, to have knowledge of the truth but no power over the event.
I shall therefore discourse equally of both, convinced that human happiness never continues long in one stay.
How brave a thing is freedom of speech, which has made the Athenians so far exceed every other state of Hellas in greatness!
No one is so senseless as to choose of his own will war rather than peace, since in peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons.
The saddest aspect of life is that there is no one on earth whose happiness is such that he won't sometimes wish he were dead rather than alive.