I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.
Interpretation
One should share what they have learned but maintain a critical perspective on the information received.
This quote from Herodotus highlights the importance of discernment in our communication. While it is crucial to share knowledge and experiences as we learn them, it is equally important to approach information with skepticism and an analytical mindset. Blind acceptance can lead to misinformation, so one should evaluate the credibility of what is conveyed before integrating it into their understanding.
In practice
During a history lecture, discussing the importance of evaluating sources.
The Scythians take kannabis seed, creep in under the felts, and throw it on the red-hot stones. It smolders and sends up such billows of steam-smoke that no Greek vapor bath can surpass it. The Scythians howl with joy in these vapor-baths, which serve them instead of bathing, for they never wash their bodies with water.
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
Men trust their ears less than their eyes.
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.
All men's gains are the fruit of venturing.
Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt.
Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
Morning can always be counted on to bring us back to a more realistic level.
Hope is practiced through the virtue of patience, which continues to do good even in the face of apparent failure, and through the virtue of humility, which accepts God's mystery and trusts him even at times of darkness.
Donβt see the mind for more than it is, but donβt misread it for all that it can be.
A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.
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