Boni pastoris est tondere pecus, non deglubere.
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Translation: A good shepherd shears his sheep, he doesn't flay them.
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From Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, ch. 32
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Said to his regional commanders, telling them not to tax the populace excessivelyTiberius
Praesidibus onerandas tributo provincias suadentibus rescripsit boni pastoris esse tondere pecus, non deglubere.
Suetonius
Ignavum fucos pecus a praesepibus arcent.
Virgil
…ibi boni mores valent quam alibi bonae leges.
Tacitus
rursus prosperum ac felix scelus virtus vocatur; sontibus parent boni, ius est in armis, opprimit leges timor.
Seneca the Younger
Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus Latinis alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes!
If you can read this sign, you can get a good job in the fast-paced, high-paying world of Latin!Henry Beard
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