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"The images of twenty of the most illustrious families--the Manlii, the Quinctii, and other names of equal splendour--were carried before it [the bier of Junia]. Those of Brutus and Cassius were not displayed; but for that very reason they shone with pre-eminent lustre."
Annales. iii. 76. 11.
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"He had talents equal to business, and aspired no higher."
Annales. vi. 39, 17.
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"He [Tiberius] upbraided Macro, in no obscure and indirect terms, "with forsaking the setting sun and turning to the rising.""
Annales. vi. 52 (46).
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"He possessed a peculiar talent of producing effect in whatever he said or did."
Historiæ. ii. 80.
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"Some might consider him as too fond of fame; for the desire of glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion."
Historiæ. iv. 6.
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"The gods looked with favour on superior courage."
Historiæ. iv. 17.
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"They make solitude, which they call peace."
Agricola. 30.
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"Think of your ancestors and your posterity."
Agricola. 32.
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"It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured."
Agricola. 42.
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