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Quintus Curtius Rufus
23 quotes
“Causa paupertatis plerisque probitas est.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: J. K. Hoyt and Anna L. Ward (eds.) The Cyclopaedia of Practical Quotations (New York: I. K. Funk & Co, 1882) p. 535
“Ad deteriora credenda proni metu.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ubi explorari vera non possunt, falsa per metum augentur.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sæpe calamitas solatium est nosse sortem suam.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nihil potest esse diuturnum cui non subest ratio.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Breves et mutabiles vices rerum sunt, et fortuna nunquam simpliciter indulget.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ubi intravit animos pavor, id solum metuunt, quod primum formidare cœperunt.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Consuetudo natura potentior est.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: J. K. Hoyt and Anna L. Ward (1882) p. 534
“Sed medici quoque graviores morbos asperis remediis curant, et gubernator, ubi nafraugium timet, iactura quidquid servari potest redimit.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Equidem æterna constitutione crediderim nexuque causarum latentium et multo ante destinatarum suum quemque ordinem immutabili lege percurrere.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sicut in corporibus aegris, milites, nihil quod nociturum est medici relinquunt, sic nos quidquid obstat imperio recidamus. Parva sæpe scintilla contempta magnum excitavit incendium. Nil tuto in hoste despicitur; quem spreveris, valentiorem neglentia facias.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Patria est ubicumque vir fortis sedem elegerit.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Altissima quæque flumina minimo sono labuntur.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: H. T. Riley (ed.) Dictionary of Latin Quotations (London: Henry G. Bohn, 1856) p. 17
“Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: J. K. Hoyt and Anna L. Ward (1882) p. 514
“Stultus est qui fructus magnarum arborum spectat, altitudinem non metitur.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: J. K. Hoyt and Anna L. Ward (1882) p. 526
“Nihil tam alte natura constituit quo virtus non possit eniti.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: J. K. Hoyt and Anna L. Ward (1882) p. 572
“Non est diuturna possessio in quam gladio ducimus; beneficiorum gratia sempiterna est.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Desperatio magnum ad honeste moriendum incitamentum.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sed in tumultu festinatio quoque tarda est”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Equidem plura transcribo quam credo; nam nec affirmare sustineo de quibus dubito, nec subducere quae accepi.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Numquam ad liquidum fama perducitur; omnia illa tradente maiora sunt vero. Nostra quoque gloria, cum sit ex solido, plus tamen habet nominis quam operis.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Res secundæ valent commutare naturam, et raro quisquam erga bona sua satis cautus est.”
Quintus Curtius Rufus (100–50) said by 50 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: J. K. Hoyt and Anna L. Ward (1882) p. 556