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Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.

Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: Fear makes men believe the worst.

Fear makes men believe the worst.

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: Despair is a great incentive to honorable death.

Despair is a great incentive to honorable death.

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: When the truth cannot be clearly made out, what is false is increased through fear.

When the truth cannot be clearly made out, what is false is increased through fear.

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode.[Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.]

A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode.
[Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.]

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: The mob has no ruler more potent than superstition.

The mob has no ruler more potent than superstition.

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from the attack even of the weak.

Nothing is so secure in its position as not to be in danger from the attack even of the weak.

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule.

Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule.

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.

Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.

A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: He is a fool who looks at the fruit of lofty trees, but does not measure their height.

He is a fool who looks at the fruit of lofty trees, but does not measure their height.

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: Nature has placed nothing so high that virtue can not reach it.[Lat., Nihil tam alte natura constituit quo virtus non possit eniti.]

Nature has placed nothing so high that virtue can not reach it.
[Lat., Nihil tam alte natura constituit quo virtus non possit eniti.]

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: It is often a comfort in misfortune to know our own fate.[Lat., Saepe calamitas solatium est nosse sortem suam.]

It is often a comfort in misfortune to know our own fate.
[Lat., Saepe calamitas solatium est nosse sortem suam.]

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: Habit is stronger than nature.

Habit is stronger than nature.

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: Nothing is strong that may not be endangered even by the weak.

Nothing is strong that may not be endangered even by the weak.

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.

The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.

Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.[Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.]

A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.
[Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.]

Quintus Curtius Rufus quotes: Doctors cure the more serious diseases with harsh remedies. Curtius Medici graviores morbos asperis remediis curant

Doctors cure the more serious diseases with harsh remedies. Curtius Medici graviores morbos asperis remediis curant