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

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Quote Tags: Given, Learned, Love, Fame

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Roman senator and historian

Author Keywords: Historian, Senator, Roman

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Thorold Rogers, Frederick William Rolfe, Michel Foucault, Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, William E H Lecky

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