# Quote — Tacitus, Annals

> The busts of twenty most illustrious families were borne in the procession, with the names of Manlius, Quinctius, and others of equal rank. But Cassius and Brutus outshone them all, from the very fact that their likenesses were not to be seen.

- Author: [Tacitus](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tacitus.md)
- Book: [Annals](https://www.leafyquotes.com/tacitus/annals.md)
- Original (la): Viginti clarissimarum familiarum imagines antelatae sunt, Manlii, Quinctii aliaque eiusdem nobilitatis nomina. sed praefulgebant Cassius atque Brutus eo ipso quod effigies eorum non visebantur.
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