"It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them."

By: vivian on sábado, maio 18, 2019

“It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.”

-

Tiberius, Roman Emperor (14 CE to 37 CE).

It was rephrased by the Sicilian mafia in the 1800s as “You have to skim the cream off the milk without breaking the bottle” – the mafia took what they needed, without harming their source of income.

Related post

el/facts

• Peacock fresco at the Villa Poppaea. Notice the illusion of depth with the columns, and how the...
• Terracotta Warriors fresh from the earth, before their colors deteriorate from the exposure....
• The Viking Colony That Wasn’tL'Anse aux Meadows is (rightly) famous as the archaeological...
• The length of a day on Mars – the time it takes Mars to complete a rotation on its axis...
• A Clever CrosswordOn Nov. 5, 1996, (which was Election Day for the presidency of the United States)...
• Possible Embassy Found In Major Mayan CityA recent study of the area in the Maya city of Tikal has...
• The History The World According To Corn
• A Small AnnouncementThis blog has been going for almost 10 years now. It has expanded to include a...
• The Meteor Crater (yes, that is it’s actual name) is one of the best preserved meteor craters...

el/historia

• Peacock fresco at the Villa Poppaea. Notice the illusion of depth with the columns, and how the...
• Terracotta Warriors fresh from the earth, before their colors deteriorate from the exposure....
• The Viking Colony That Wasn’tL'Anse aux Meadows is (rightly) famous as the archaeological...
• The length of a day on Mars – the time it takes Mars to complete a rotation on its axis...
• A Clever CrosswordOn Nov. 5, 1996, (which was Election Day for the presidency of the United States)...
• Possible Embassy Found In Major Mayan CityA recent study of the area in the Maya city of Tikal has...
• The History The World According To Corn
• A Small AnnouncementThis blog has been going for almost 10 years now. It has expanded to include a...
• The Meteor Crater (yes, that is it’s actual name) is one of the best preserved meteor craters...

el/historical

• Peacock fresco at the Villa Poppaea. Notice the illusion of depth with the columns, and how the...
• Terracotta Warriors fresh from the earth, before their colors deteriorate from the exposure....
• The Viking Colony That Wasn’tL'Anse aux Meadows is (rightly) famous as the archaeological...
• The length of a day on Mars – the time it takes Mars to complete a rotation on its axis...
• A Clever CrosswordOn Nov. 5, 1996, (which was Election Day for the presidency of the United States)...
• Possible Embassy Found In Major Mayan CityA recent study of the area in the Maya city of Tikal has...
• The History The World According To Corn
• A Small AnnouncementThis blog has been going for almost 10 years now. It has expanded to include a...
• The Meteor Crater (yes, that is it’s actual name) is one of the best preserved meteor craters...