Oderint Quotes
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Oderint dum metuant.
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Oderint, dum metuant.
— Let them hate me, so that they will but fear me.
— Quoted in The Tyrants : 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption (2006), p. 27 London: Quercus Publishing, ISBN 1905204965 , these derive from a statement by Suetonius, included below, in which he states these words were often used by Caligula, but imply that he was quoting the tragedian Accius.
— Variant translation: Let them hate (me) so long as they fear (me).
