Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune. [Lat., Res secundae valent commutare naturam, et raro quisquam erga bona sua satis cautus est.] — Quintus Curtius Rufus Copy Share Image
The fashions of human affairs are brief and changeable, and fortune never remains long indulgent. [Lat., Breves et mutabiles vices rerum sunt, et fortuna nunquam simpliciter indulget.] — Quintus Curtius Rufus Copy Share Image
When fear has seized upon the mind, man fears that only which he first began to fear. [Lat., Ubi intravit animos pavor, id solum… — Quintus Curtius Rufus Copy Share Image
Nothing is strong that may not be endangered even by the weak. — Quintus Curtius Rufus Copy Share Image
He is a fool who looks at the fruit of lofty trees, but does not measure their height. — Quintus Curtius Rufus Copy Share Image
A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration. [Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.] — Quintus Curtius Rufus Copy Share Image
Habit is stronger than nature. [Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.] — Quintus Curtius Rufus Copy Share Image
When the truth cannot be clearly made out, what is false is increased through fear. — Quintus Curtius Rufus Copy Share Image
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