oderint dum metuant Phrase
Meaning:
let them hate, so long as they fear
Comment
favorite saying of Caligula, attributed originally to Lucius Accius, Roman tragic poet (170 BC); Motto of the Russian noble family Krasnitsky[citation needed]
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