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" ”
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Herodotus: Quotes about men
Herodotus was ancient Greek historian, often considered as the first historian. Explore interesting quotes on men.
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“This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but no power.”
Book 9, Ch. 16
Variant translations:
Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
The most hateful torment for men is to have knowledge of everything but power over nothing.
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“Men trust their ears less than their eyes.”
Book 1, Ch. 8.
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“My men have turned into women and my women into men!”
Book 8, Ch. 98.
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Book 3, Ch. 38
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Though widely attributed to Herodotus this in fact comes from the Histories of Polybius, Book 16, chapter 28: "Some men, like bad runners in the stadium, abandon their purposes when close to the goal; while it is at that particular point, more than at any other, that others secure the victory over their rivals". (Translation of Evelyn S Shuckburgh).
Misattributed
“Although he had plenty of troops he did not have many men.”
Book 7, Ch. 210.
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“Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.”
Book 7, Ch. 49.
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