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> [Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-curtius-rufus/posterity-pays-for-the-sins-of-their-fathers/)

[Quintus Curtius Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-curtius-rufus/)

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## More 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-curtius-rufus/when-fear-has-seized-upon-the-mind-man-fears-that-only-which-he-first/)

[Quintus Curtius Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-curtius-rufus/)

> [A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-curtius-rufus/a-spark-neglected-has-often-raised-a-conflagration/)

[Quintus Curtius Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-curtius-rufus/)

> [Despair is a great incentive to honorable death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-curtius-rufus/despair-is-a-great-incentive-to-honorable-death/)

[Quintus Curtius Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-curtius-rufus/)

> [Nothing is strong that may not be endangered even by the weak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-curtius-rufus/nothing-is-strong-that-may-not-be-endangered-even-by-the-weak/)

[Quintus Curtius Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-curtius-rufus/)

> [He is a fool who looks at the fruit of lofty trees, but does not measure their height.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-curtius-rufus/he-is-a-fool-who-looks-at-the-fruit-of-lofty-trees-but-does-not/)

[Quintus Curtius Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-curtius-rufus/)

> [Habit is stronger than nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-curtius-rufus/habit-is-stronger-than-nature/)

[Quintus Curtius Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-curtius-rufus/)

> [ A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration. \[Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-curtius-rufus/a-spark-neglected-has-often-raised-a-conflagration-lat-parva-saepe/)

[Quintus Curtius Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-curtius-rufus/)

> [ Habit is stronger than nature. \[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-curtius-rufus/habit-is-stronger-than-nature-lat-consuetudo-natura-potentior-est/)

[Quintus Curtius Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-curtius-rufus/)

> [Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-curtius-rufus/posterity-pays-for-the-sins-of-their-fathers/)

[Quintus Curtius Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-curtius-rufus/)

> [The mob has no ruler more potent than superstition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-curtius-rufus/the-mob-has-no-ruler-more-potent-than-superstition/)

[Quintus Curtius Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-curtius-rufus/)

> [Timid dogs more eagerly bark than bite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-curtius-rufus/timid-dogs-more-eagerly-bark-than-bite/)

[Quintus Curtius Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-curtius-rufus/)

> [When the truth cannot be clearly made out, what is false is increased through fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-curtius-rufus/when-the-truth-cannot-be-clearly-made-out-what-is-false-is-increased/)

[Quintus Curtius Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-curtius-rufus/)

> [Doctors cure the more serious diseases with harsh remedies. Curtius Medici graviores morbos asperis remediis curant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-curtius-rufus/doctors-cure-the-more-serious-diseases-with-harsh-remedies-curtius/)

[Quintus Curtius Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-curtius-rufus/)

> [Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-curtius-rufus/necessity-when-threatening-is-more-powerful-than-device-of-man/)

[Quintus Curtius Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-curtius-rufus/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintus-curtius-rufus/prosperity-can-change-man-s-nature-and-seldom-is-any-one-cautious/)

[Quintus Curtius Rufus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintus-curtius-rufus/)

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