Herodotus: Many

Herodotus was ancient Greek historian, often considered as the first historian. Explore interesting quotes on many.

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“It is said that as many days as there are in the whole journey, so many are the men and horses that stand along the road, each horse and man at the interval of a day’s journey; and these are stayed neither by snow nor rain nor heat nor darkness from accomplishing their appointed course with all speed.”

Herodotus book Histories

Book 8, Ch. 98
variant: Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed. (Book 8, Ch. 98)
Paraphrase: "Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" ”
Appears carved over entrance to Central Post Office building in New York City.
The Histories

Men , Horse , Speed

“Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.”

Herodotus

Actually a quotation from a letter of Lord Chesterfield dated May 8, 1750.
Misattributed

People , Knowledge

“I am going to talk at some length about Egypt, because it has very many remarkable features and has produced more monuments which beggar description than anywhere else in the world.”

Herodotus book Histories

Book 2, Ch. 35.
The Histories

World

“Before battle was joined they say that someone from Trachis warned him how many Persians there were by saying that when they fired their bows, they hid the sun with the mass of arrows. Dianeces, so the story goes, was so dismissive of the Persian numbers that he calmly replied, "All to the good, my friend from Trachis. If the Persians hide the sun, the battle will be in shade rather than sunlight."”

Herodotus book Histories

Book 7, Ch. 226.
The Histories