Quintus Curtius Rufus

The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]

The cowardly dog barks more violently than it bites.
[Lat., Canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet.]

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

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

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.]

Despair is a great incentive to honorable death.
[Lat., Desperatio magnum ad honeste moriendum incitamentum.]

Despair is a great incentive to honorable death.
[Lat., Desperatio magnum ad honeste moriendum incitamentum.]

That possession which we gain by the sword is not lasting;
gratitude for benefits eternal.
[Lat., Non est read more

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.]