Herodotus
Greek · c. 484–425 BCE
Greek historian from Halicarnassus, author of The Histories, the first great prose narrative of the ancient world, known as the father of history.
Wikipedia ↗“ὦτα γὰρ τυγχάνει ἀνθρώποισι ἐόντα ἀπιστότερα ὀφθαλμῶν.”
Ancient Greek
“Men trust their ears less than their eyes.”
“ἐν μὲν γὰρ τῇ εἰρήνῃ οἱ παῖδες τοὺς πατέρας θάπτουσι, ἐν δὲ τῷ πολέμῳ οἱ πατέρες τοὺς παῖδας.”
Ancient Greek
“In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.”
“εἰ γάρ τις πᾶσι ἀνθρώποισι ἐκλέξασθαι κελεύοι νόμους τοὺς καλλίστους ἐκ τῶν πάντων νόμων, διασκεψάμενοι ἂν ἑλοίατο ἕκαστοι τοὺς ἑωυτῶν· οὕτω νομίζουσι πολλόν τι καλλίστους τοὺς ἑωυτῶν νόμους ἕκαστοι εἶναι.”
Ancient Greek
“If one were to order all mankind to choose the best set of rules in the world, each group would, after consideration, choose its own customs; each group regards its own as being by far the best.”
“πάντων ἀνιηρότατον· πολλὰ φρονέοντα μηδενὸς κρατέειν.”
Ancient Greek
“Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.”
“τὰ μεγάλα πρήγματα μεγάλοισι κινδύνοισι ἐθέλει κατέρχεσθαι.”
Ancient Greek
“Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.”