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> [ A good shepherd shears his flock, not flays them. \[Lat., Boni pastoris est tondere pecus non deglubere.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/a-good-shepherd-shears-his-flock-not-flays-them-lat-boni-pastoris-est/)

[Suetonius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suetonius/)

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## More by Suetonius

> [ Punishment \[by Nero\] was inflicted on the Christians, a class of men given to a new and mischievous superstition. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/punishment-by-nero-was-inflicted-on-the-christians-a-class-of-men/)

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> [Alea iacta est (The die is cast)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/alea-iacta-est-the-die-is-cast/)

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> [ He \[Caesar Augustus\] found a city built of brick; he left it built of marble. \[Lat., Urbem lateritiam accepit, mamoream relinquit.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/he-caesar-augustus-found-a-city-built-of-brick-he-left-it-built-of/)

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> [If you did not know at age five that the gods are made up beings and the myths made up stories, you are a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/if-you-did-not-know-at-age-five-that-the-gods-are-made-up-beings-and/)

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> [General Quotations about Evenings Let us add this one more night to our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/general-quotations-about-evenings-let-us-add-this-one-more-night-to/)

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> [Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tamed creatures, whose great moral task…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/suetonius-in-holding-up-a-mirror-to-those-caesars-of-diverting-legend/)

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> [“Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/nothing-is-more-unpredictable-than-the-mob-nothing-more-obscure-than/)

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> [The fox changes his skin but not his habits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/the-fox-changes-his-skin-but-not-his-habits/)

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> [“The titles of his books are recorded as follows: The Twelve Caesars; Royal Biographies; Lives of Famous Whores; Roman Manners and Customs; The Roman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/the-titles-of-his-books-are-recorded-as-follows-the-twelve-caesars/)

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> [“On reflecting at dinner that he had done nothing to help anybody all day, he uttered these memorable and praiseworthy words: "Friends, I have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/on-reflecting-at-dinner-that-he-had-done-nothing-to-help-anybody-all/)

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> [At a banquet Caligula was suddenly seized with a fit of helpless laughter. The consuls reclining next to him asked if they might share…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/at-a-banquet-caligula-was-suddenly-seized-with-a-fit-of-helpless/)

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> [These things by reason of our friendship I have not hesitated glo to communicate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/these-things-by-reason-of-our-friendship-i-have-not-hesitated-glo-to/)

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> [Hail, Caesar, those who are about to die salute thee. -](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/hail-caesar-those-who-are-about-to-die-salute-thee/)

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> [Again, during a sacrifice, the augur Spurinna warned Caesar that the danger threatening him would not come later than the Ides of March.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/again-during-a-sacrifice-the-augur-spurinna-warned-caesar-that-the/)

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> [“So much for the Emperor; the rest of this history must deal with the Monster. —IV:22”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suetonius/so-much-for-the-emperor-the-rest-of-this-history-must-deal-with-the/)

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