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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.”
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- Source:
- Historiæ. iv. 6.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- f832d9e3d4277b5f4376ebf13393eeb4a8d163015a51190f92fe642666d21c78
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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