Rulers Quotes by Quintus Curtius Rufus

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

A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.

— Quintus Curtius Rufus

Despair is a great incentive to honorable death.

— Quintus Curtius Rufus

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

— Quintus Curtius Rufus

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

— Quintus Curtius Rufus

Habit is stronger than nature.

— Quintus Curtius Rufus

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

— Quintus Curtius Rufus

Habit is stronger than nature. [Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]

— Quintus Curtius Rufus

Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.

— Quintus Curtius Rufus

The mob has no ruler more potent than superstition.

— Quintus Curtius Rufus

Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.

— Quintus Curtius Rufus

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

— Quintus Curtius Rufus