Quote by Herodotus (484 BC-430 BC)

• Very few things happen at the right time and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

• Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

• It is better to be envied than pitied.

• Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

• Force has no place where there is need of skill.

• In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.