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| Caius Tacitus Quotes | No. | Quotation | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | He had talents equal to business, and aspired no higher. | Achievement |
| 2 | Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor. | Aging |
| 3 | All things now held to be old were once new. What today we hold up by example, will rank hereafter as precedent. | Antiquity |
| 4 | Not because of any extraordinary talents did he succeed, but because he had a capacity on a level for business and not above it. | Business |
| 5 | If we must fall, we should boldly meet the danger. | Danger |
| 6 | Many have . . . perished, even good men, despising slow and safe success and hurrying on even at the cost of ruin to premature greatness. | Excellence |
| 7 | The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer that any other passion. | Fame |
| 8 | There is no less danger from great fame than from infamy. | Fame |
| 9 | The love of fame is the last weakness which even the wise resign. | Fame |
| 10 | The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off. | Fame |
| Displaying 1 to 11 of 39 Tacitus quotes |



