35 ordspråk av Herodotos

Herodotos

Herodotos

Herodotos föddes 484 f.Kr. och dog 425 f.Kr. - Greek historian
Mer info via Google eller Bing.

Där skicklighet krävs får kraften vila.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

Det är omständigheterna som styr människan, inte människan som styr omständigheterna.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Människor litar mer på ögonen än öronen.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.

Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this, to know so much and to have control over nothing

Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever

Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, pain of love lasts a lifetime.

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

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods

These (messengers) will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night

Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men.

Sidan 2 av 3

<tidigare nästa>

1 2 3

Nordsprog.dk

Antal ordsprog er 1469558
varav 665931 på nordiska

Ordsprog (1469558 st) Søg
Kategorier (2627 st) Søg
Kilder (167535 st) Søg
Billeder (4592 st)
Født (10495 st)
Døde (3318 st)
Datoer (9517 st)
Lande (5315 st)
Idiom (4439 st)
Lengde
Topplistor (6 st)

Ordspråksmusik (20 st)
Statistik

Herodotos ordtak

Herodotos ordspråk

Herodotus proverb