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Quotes by Quintus Curtius Rufus
Nihil tam firmum est cui periculum non sit etiam ab invalido. Nothing is strong that may not be endangered even by the weak.— filed under Danger
Sæpe calamitas solatium est nosse sortem suam. It is often a comfort in misfortune to know our own fate.— filed under Fate
Ad deteriora credenda proni metu. Fear makes men believe the worst.— filed under Fear
Gestis Alexandri Magni. IV. 3. 22. Ubi explorari vera non possunt, falsa per metum augentur. When the truth cannot be clearly made out, what is false is increased through fear.— filed under Fear
Gestis Alexandri Magni. IV. 10. 10. Ubi intravit animos pavor, id solum metuunt, quod primum formidare cœperunt. When fear has seized upon the mind, man fears that only which he first began to fear.— filed under Fear
Parva sæpe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium. A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.— filed under Fire
Stultus est qui fructus magnarum arborum spectat, altitudinem non metitur. He is a fool who looks at the fruit of lofty trees, but does not measure their height.— filed under Folly
XII. 5. Breves et mutabiles vices rerum sunt, et fortuna nunquam simpliciter indulget. The fashions of human affairs are brief and changeable, and fortune never remains long indulgent.— filed under Fortune
Malorum. V. 25. Consuetudo naturâ potentior est. Habit is stronger than nature.— filed under Habit
Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas. Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.— filed under Opinion
Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit. A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode.— filed under Patriotism
Equidem æternâ constitutione crediderim nexuque causarum latentium et multo ante destinatarum suum quemque ordinem immutabili lege percurrere. For my own part I am persuaded that everything advances by an unchangeable law through the eternal constitution and association of latent causes, which have been long before predestinated.— filed under Progression
Res secundæ valent commutare naturam, et raro quisquam erga bona sua satis cautus est. Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune.— filed under Prosperity
II. 21. Nihil potest esse diuturnum cui non subest ratio. Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule.— filed under Reason
Honorii Augusti Panegyris. 222. Nihil tam alte natura constituit quo virtus non possit eniti. Nature has placed nothing so high that virtue can not reach it.— filed under Virtue
Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet. A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.— filed under Cclxvii
Desperatio magnum ad honeste moriendum incitamentum. Despair is a great incentive to honorable death.— filed under Discord
Non est diuturna possessio in quam gladio ducimus; beneficiorum gratia sempiterna est. That possession which we gain by the sword is not lasting; gratitude for benefits is eternal.— filed under Xxxiii
Culpam majorum posteri luunt. Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.— filed under Responsibility
Altissima quæque flumina minimo sono labuntur. Still waters run deep.— filed under Serenity