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Tacitus Quotes about Fame

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Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.

Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence.

Tacitus
Men, Fame, Indolence
"Annales". Book by Tacitus, XVI. 18, AD 117.

The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.

Tacitus
Men, Fame, Reluctant

Even for learned men, love of fame is the last thing to be given up.

Tacitus
Men, Lasts, Fame

Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]

Tacitus
Character, Fame, Modest

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