Clem. 1.12.1" Quid ergō ?'What follows, then? Clem. 1.12.1Nōn rēgēs quoque occīdere solent ?Are kings too not in the habit of killing? Clem. 1.12.1" Sed quotiēns id fierī pūblica ūtilitās persuādet;' Yes, but whenever the public good persuades them that it should be done; Clem. 1.12.1tyrannīs saevitia cordī est.to tyrants savagery is dear. Clem. 1.12.1Tyrannus autem ā rēge factīs distat, nōn nōmine ;But a tyrant differs from a king in deeds, not in name; Clem. 1.12.1nam et Dionȳsius maior iūre meritōque praeferrī multīs rēgibus potest, et L. Sullam tyrannum appellārī quid prohibet, cui occīdendī fīnem fēcit inopia hostium ?for Dionysius the elder may rightly and deservedly be preferred to many kings, and what prevents Lucius Sulla from being called a tyrant, whose killing was ended only by a lack of enemies? Clem. 1.12.2Dēscenderit licet ē dictātūrā suā et sē togae reddiderit, quis tamen umquam tyrannus tam avidē hūmānum sanguinem bibit quam ille, quī septem mīlia cīvium Rōmānōrum contrucīdārī iussit et, cum in vīcīnō ad aedem Bellōnae sedēns exaudīsset conclāmātiōnem tot mīlium sub gladiō gementium, exterritō senātū : " Hoc agāmus," inquit, " patrēs cōnscrīptī;Granted that he stepped down from his dictatorship and returned to the toga, yet what tyrant ever drank human blood so greedily as he, who ordered seven thousand Roman citizens to be butchered, and who, sitting nearby at the temple of Bellona and hearing the outcry of so many thousands groaning under the sword, said to the terrified senate: 'Let us attend to business, conscript fathers; Clem. 1.12.2sēditiōsī pauculī meō iussū occīduntur " ?a handful of rebels are being put to death on my orders'?
Clem. 1.12.3Hoc nōn est mentītus ;In this he did not lie; Clem. 1.12.3paucī Sullae vidēbantur.they seemed few to Sulla. Clem. 1.12.3Sed mox dē Sullā, cum quaerēmus, quōmodo hostibus īrāscendum sit, utique sī in hostīle nōmen cīvēs et ex eōdem corpore abruptī trānsierint ;But of Sulla presently, when we ask how one should be angry with enemies, especially if citizens, torn away from the same body, have passed over to the name of enemy; Clem. 1.12.3interim, hoc quod dīcēbam, clēmentia efficit, ut magnum inter rēgem tyrannumque discrīmen sit, uterque licet nōn minus armīs vallētur ;meanwhile, as I was saying, clemency brings it about that there is a great difference between a king and a tyrant, though both alike are fenced about with arms; Clem. 1.12.3sed alter arma habet, quibus in mūnīmentum pācis ūtitur, alter, ut magnō timōre magna odia compescat, nec illās ipsās manūs, quibus sē commīsit, sēcūrus adspicit.but the one has arms which he uses to fortify peace, the other in order to suppress great hatreds by great fear, and not even the very hands to which he has entrusted himself does he look upon without anxiety.
Clem. 1.12.4Contrāriīs in contrāria agitur ;He is driven by contrary forces into contrary courses; Clem. 1.12.4nam cum invīsus sit, quia timētur, timērī vult, quia invīsus est, et illō exsecrābilī versū, quī multōs praecipitēs dedit, ūtitur : "Ōderint, dum metuant," ignārus, quanta rabiēs oriātur, ubi suprā modum odia crēvērunt.for since he is hated because he is feared, he wants to be feared because he is hated, and he takes up that accursed line which has sent many headlong, 'Let them hate, so long as they fear', not knowing what madness arises when hatreds have grown beyond measure. Clem. 1.12.4Temperātus enim timor cohibet animōs, adsiduus vērō et ācer et extrēma admovēns in audāciam iacentēs excitat et omnia experīrī suādet.For a moderate fear restrains minds, but one that is constant and sharp and threatens the utmost rouses even the prostrate to boldness and urges them to try everything. Clem. 1.12.5Sīc ferās līnea et pinnae clūsās contineant ;So a cord hung with feathers may keep wild beasts penned in; Clem. 1.12.5eāsdem ā tergō eques tēlīs incessat, temptābunt fugam per ipsa, quae fūgerant, prōculcābuntque formīdinem.let a horseman attack the same beasts with spears from behind, and they will try to flee through the very things they had fled from, and will trample their terror underfoot.
Clem. 1.12.5Ācerrima- virtūs est quam, ultima necessitās extundit extundit.The fiercest courage is that which utmost necessity hammers out. Clem. 1.12.5Relinquat oportet sēcūrī aliquid metūs multōque plūs speī quam perīculōrum ostentet ;Fear must leave something secure, and show far more hope than danger; Clem. 1.12.5aliōquī, ubi quiēscentī paria metuuntur, incurrere in perīcula iuvat et aliēnā animā abūtī.otherwise, when a man who keeps quiet has as much to fear, he is glad to rush into dangers and to spend his life as if it were another's.