In peace children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children. -- Herodotus, in: The Histories. Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever. -- Herodotus, in: The Histories. It is said that as many days as there are in the whole journey, so many are the men and horses that stand along the road, each horse and man at the interval of a day's journey; and these are stayed neither by snow nor rain nor heat nor darkness from accomplishing their appointed course with all speed. -- Herodotus, in: The Histories. Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men. -- Herodotus, in: The Histories. The most hateful torment of men is have knowledge of everything but power over nothing. -- Herodotus, in: The Histories.

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