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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.
  -- Tacitus (54-119 AD) -- Historiae, iv, 6...
• He possessed a peculiar talent of producing effect in whatever he said or did.
  -- Tacitus (54-119 AD) -- Historiae, ii, 80...
• He had talents equal to business, and aspired no higher.
  -- Tacitus (54-119 AD) -- Annales, vi, 39, 17...
• He whom the gods favour dies in youth. -- Plautus (254-184 BC) -- Bacchides, Act iv, Sc.
  7, 18, (816.)...
• One of his sayings was, "Even the gods cannot strive against necessity.
  -- Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Pittacus, iv...
• The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. -- Cornelius Tacitus, 56-120 A.D.
• Think of your ancestors and your posterity. -- Tacitus (54-119 AD) -- Agricola, 32
• Be not as one that hath ten thousand years to live
  death is nigh at hand: while thou livest, while thou hast time, be good....
• Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
  -- Sextus Propertius 54 BC-AD 2 -- Elegies, II, xix, 32...