Actually a quotation from a letter of Lord Chesterfield dated May 8, 1750.
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Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
— Herodotus
What It Means
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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.
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