• Variant translation: 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." - Meaning and context.">
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Book 7, Ch. 50 (trans. George Rawlinson)
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Far better is it to have a stout heart always, and suffer one's share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
• Variant translation: 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.

— Herodotus

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Far better is it to have a stout heart always, and suffer one's share of evils, than to be ever fearing what may happen.
• Variant translation: 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." in the context of "Book 7, Ch. 50 (trans. George Rawlinson)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Herodotus" (The Histories) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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Herodotus

About Herodotus

Herodotus of Halicarnassus (Greek: Ἡρόδοτος, Hēródotos) (c. 484 BC – c. 425 BC) was a historian, known for his writings on the conflict between Greece and Persia, as well as the descriptions he wrote of different places and people he met on his travels.