The bigger they are the harder they fall

[kmp]

I thought this might be Qui grandior est gravius cadit - is that correct? Any better suggestions?

 

[Matthaeus]

that would be almost correct for the singular, also it should be quo.
Quo grandiores sunt, eo gravius cadunt.
wait for other suggestions

 

[kmp]

Thanks for the prompt reply. I was thinking (the man) who is bigger falls more heavily. But quo ..eo ( the more.. the more) is just so much better!

 

[Matthaeus]

np

 

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

That rarest of birds, the English instrumental case...

 

[Adrian]

If I may:

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I think Roman writers ( = genuine latin) already covered the subject:
Juvenal Satires:
ergo quid optandum foret ignorasse fateris
Seianum; nam qui nimios optabat honores
et nimias poscebat opes, numerosa parabat
excelsae turris tabulata, unde altior esset
casus et inpulsae praeceps inmane ruinae.

Horace:
pinus et celsae graviore casu
decidunt turres feriuntque summos
fulgura montis.

Claudian, In Rufinum I.22
iniustos crevisse queror; tolluntur in altum,
ut lapsu graviore ruant. vos pandite vati,
something like Lapsu graviore ruunt altum in sublati.

 

[kmp]

Brilliant!

 

[Imperfacundus]

The specific quote "celsae graviore casu decidunt turres" encapsulates the idea nicely.