Herodotus
  • Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

  • In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.

  • Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

  • The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.

  • When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.