Now stop your dancing; you wouldn't come out and dance when I played to you. Author: Herodotus Copy Quote More from Herodotus “Historia (Inquiry); so that the actions of of people will not fade with time.” “It is the greatest and the tallest of trees that the gods bring low with bolts …” “The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothi…” “Men trust their ears less than their eyes.”