He asked, 'Croesus, who told you to attack my land and meet me as an enemy instead of a friend?'
The King replied, 'It was caused by your good fate and my bad fate. It was the fault of the Greek gods, who with their arrogance, encouraged me to march onto your lands. Nobody is mad enough to choose war whilst there is peace. During times of peace, the sons bury their fathers, but in war it is the fathers who send their sons to the grave.
Tags: inspirational war
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
HerodotusIf a man insisted on always being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.
HerodotusNow it happened that this Candaules was in love with his own wife; and not only so, but thought her the fairest woman in the whole world. This fancy had strange consequences.
HerodotusIn peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.
HerodotusTags: parents peace children war
It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.
HerodotusOf all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
HerodotusTags: power-helplessness
The saddest aspect of life is that there is no one on earth whose happiness is such that he won't sometimes wish he were dead rather than alive.
HerodotusSome 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
HerodotusTags: procrastination procrastinate procrastinator
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks
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