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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

8977 Taitus AD 55-AD 117 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8977
AUTHOR:Tacitus (A.D. c. 55–A.D. c. 117)
QUOTATION:He [Tiberius] upbraided Macro, in no obscure and indirect terms, “with forsaking the setting sun and turning to the rising.” 1
ATTRIBUTION:Annales. vi. 52 (46).
 
Note 1.
See Plutarch, Quotation 35. [back]