It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to flay it.

Boni pastoris esse tondere pecus, non deglubere.

Tiberius

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Tiberius

Second Roman emperor (42 BC-AD 37, r. 14-37). Stepson of Augustus who consolidated the Principate through fiscal restraint and frontier defence; his retreat to Capri and treason trials made him a byword for tyranny.

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Tiberius's Other Quotes

Let them hate me, so long as they approve of my conduct.

What men, ready to be slaves!

Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's.

Let him be a god, so long as he is not alive.

Related Quotes

Let him be a god, so long as he is not alive.

-- Tiberius

If you could see the cabbages I have planted with my own hands at Salona, you would surely never think to request this.

-- Diocletian

It is necessary to sail; it is not necessary to live.

-- Pompey