A Quote by Quintus Curtius Rufus

Haste is slow.
[Lat., Festinatio tarda est.] — © Quintus Curtius Rufus
Haste is slow. [Lat., Festinatio tarda est.]

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But grant the wrath of Heaven be great, 'tis slow. [Lat., Ut sit magna tamen certe lenta ira deorum est.]
Our country is wherever we are well off. [Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.]
To the sick, while there is life there is hope. [Lat., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.]
It is pleasing to be pointed at with the finger and to have it said, "There goes the man." [Lat., At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier his est.]
This is the great evil in wine, it first seizes the feet; it is a cunning wrestler. [Lat., Magnum hoc vitium vino est, Pedes captat primum; luctator dolosu est.]
Out of many evils the evil which is least is the least of evils. [Lat., E malis multis, malum, quod minimum est, id minimum est malum.]
Now, that's enough. [Lat., Ohe! jam satis est.]
To have nothing is not poverty. [Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]
Economy is a great revenue. [Lat., Magnum vectigal est parsimonia.]
Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
Habit is stronger than nature. [Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]
Giving requires good sense. [Lat., Rest est ingeniosa dare.]
In their palate alone is their reason of existence. [Lat., In solo vivendi causa palata est.]
No man has perpetual good fortune. [Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.]
It is noble to grant life to the vanquished. [Lat., Pulchrum est vitam donare minori.]
The memory of past troubles is pleasant. [Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.]
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