More From Herodotus
- "But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods."
- "Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace."
- "Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before."
More In Men
- "The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations."― John Adams
- "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation."― Henry David Thoreau
- "Popular music formed the soundtrack of my life."― Martin Scorsese