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. Herodotus More Quotes by Herodotus More Quotes From Herodotus The trials of living and the pangs of disease make even the short span of life too long. Herodotus disease trials long When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge. Herodotus refuge life-is Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky. Herodotus happy men death Good masters generally have bad slaves, and bad slaves have good masters. Herodotus slavery slave masters The Persians are very fond of wine ... It is also their general practice to deliberate upon affairs of weight when they are drunk; and then in the morning, when they are sober, the decision to which they came the night before is put before them by the master of the house in which it was made; and if it is then approved they act on it; if not, they set it aside. Sometimes, however, they are sober at their first deliberations, but in this case they always reconsider the matter under the influence of wine. Herodotus wine morning night 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 hero men country One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end. Herodotus ends should looks The hastening of any undertaking begets error, from which great losses are wont to come. Herodotus undertakings errors loss I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it. Herodotus bounds cases believe How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied. Herodotus envied envy If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens. Herodotus ifs happens A general curiosity about the unknown sparked by the multicultural milieu in which I spent my formative years. There was a lot of unknown back then, too. I dare say it was easier to be an explorer then. Herodotus easier curiosity years It is the greatest and the tallest of trees that the gods bring low with bolts and thunder. For the gods love to thwart whatever is greater than the rest. They do not suffer pride in anyone but themselves. Herodotus pride suffering tree As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. Herodotus saws together doe 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 reflecting-upon inspire thinking 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 rain snow night They [the Persians] are accustomed to deliberate on matters of the highest moment when warm with wine; but whatever they in this situation may determine is again proposed to them on the morrow, in their cooler moments, by the person in whose house they had before assembled. If at this time also it meet their approbation, it is executed; otherwise it is rejected. Whatever also they discuss when sober, is always a second time examined after they have been drinking. Herodotus wine drinking time For if one should propose to all men a choice, bidding them select the best customs from all the customs that there are, each race of men, after examining them all, would select those of Herodotus race men thinking When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers. Herodotus garments remove Soft men tend to be born from soft countries. Herodotus born men country
