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Quintus Curtius Rufus (Curtis Rufus Quintus) Quotes
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A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]
Topic: Cowards
Source: De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni (VII, 4, 13)
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Despair is a great incentive to honorable death.
[Lat., Desperatio magnum ad honeste moriendum incitamentum.]
Topic: Despair
Source: De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni (IX, 5, 6)
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The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]
Topic: Dogs
Source: De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni (VII, 14)
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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 predestined.
[Lat., Equidem aeterna constitutione crediderim nexuque causarum
atentium et multo ante destinatarum suum quemque ordinem
immutabili lege percurrere.]
Topic: Evolution
Source: De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni (V, 11, 10)
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A spark neglected has often raised a conflagration.
[Lat., Parva saepe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit
incendium.]
Topic: Fire
Source: De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni (VI, 3, 11)
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That possession which we gain by the sword is not lasting;
gratitude for benefits eternal.
[Lat., Non est diuturna possessio in quam gladio ducimus;
beneficiorum gratia sempiterna est.]
Topic: Gratitude
Source: De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni (VIII, 8, 11)
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Habit is stronger than nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]
Topic: Habit
Source: De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni (V, 5, 21)
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Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.
[Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]
Topic: Necessity
Source: De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni (IV, 3, 23)
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A brave man's country is wherever he chooses his abode.
[Lat., Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.]
Topic: Patriotism
Source: De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni (VI, 4, 13)
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Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.
[Lat., Culpam majorum posteri luunt.]
Topic: Posterity
Source: De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni (VII, 5)
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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.]
Topic: Prosperity
Source: De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni (X, 1, 40)
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Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule.
[Lat., Nihil potest esse diuturnum cui non subest ratio.]
Topic: Reason
Source: De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni (IV, 14, 19)
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