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

Oderint, dum probent.

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

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

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.

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What an artist the world is losing in me!

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Too late! This is fidelity!

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I wish I had never learned to write.

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Let them hate me, so long as they fear me.

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If only the Roman people had a single neck!

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