Quintus Curtius Rufus

Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.
[Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]

Necessity when threatening is more powerful than device of man.
[Lat., Efficacior omni arte imminens necessitas.]

Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.

Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.

By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.

By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.

Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.
[Lat., Culpam majorum posteri luunt.]

Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers.
[Lat., Culpam majorum posteri luunt.]

Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule.
[Lat., Nihil potest esse diuturnum cui non subest ratio.]

Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule.
[Lat., Nihil potest esse diuturnum cui non subest ratio.]