Pliny the Younger (c. 61/62-113)
“It is a poor thing if authority can only test its powers by insults to others, and if homage is to be won by terror; affection is far more effective than fear in gaining you your ends. Fear disappears at your departure, affection remains, and, whereas fear engenders hatred, affection develops into genuine regard.”
- From The Letters of Pliny the Younger (8.24), translated by Betty Radice. New York: Penguin Classics, 1963, 1969.
