Herodotus

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but action in spite of it."

"A man is but the sum of his choices."

"The sweetest victory is that won with honor intact."

"Those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it."

"The true riches of a nation are its people, not its gold."

"To question is to think, and to think is to be truly alive."

"The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything."

"Egypt is the gift of the Nile."

"In peace, children bury their parents; in war, parents bury their children."

"Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks."

"The worst pain is the pain of being forgotten."

"Solon told Croesus that no one should be called happy until after their death."

"Very few things happen at the right time and the rest do not happen at all."

"It is better to preserve what one has than to grasp for more."

"No one is fool enough to prefer war to peace."

"The most hateful pain is to be forgotten."

"Custom is the king of all."

"It is the quality of our thoughts that determines the quality of our lives."

"Men are not able to taste the same water twice."

"Envy is something natural even in children."

"The gods love the obscure and hate the obvious."

"Nothing is more unexpected than death."

"Learning is the most addictive drug."

"To know oneself is true knowledge."

"There is nothing more stable than change."

"The measure of a person is what they do with power."

"Sight is a faculty; seeing is an art."

"A prosperous fool is a grievous burden to himself and his country."

"Those who will not look on truth remain blind."

"The worst thing that can happen to a man is to become comfortable with injustice."