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] |