To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.
Interpretation
Thinking critically and following wise advice are intertwined actions.
Herodotus suggests that true wisdom lies not only in the ability to think critically and evaluate ideas but also in the willingness to accept and follow sound advice. This interconnectedness implies that recognizing good counsel reflects a deep understanding and appreciation for wise judgment, making obedience to it a logical reflection of one's own capacity for thought.
In practice
This quote is perfect for a discussion on the importance of mentoring in leadership roles.
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.
Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.
It's so much easier to know who you are when there aren't a thousand people telling you who they think you are.
The truly patient man neither complains of his hard lot nor desires to be pitied by others. He speaks of his sufferings in a natural, true, and sincere way, without murmuring, complaining, or exaggerating them.
Type of the wise who soar but never roam, True to the kindred points of heaven and home.
I think that one can have luck if one tries to create an atmosphere of spontaneity.
I will waste not even a precious second today in anger or hate or jealousy or selfishness. I know that the seeds I sow I will harvest, because every action, good or bad, is always followed by an equal reaction. I will plant only good seeds this day.
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