De Officiis [On Duties; On Moral Duty; The Offices], Book 2, ch. 7 (2.7) / sec. 24 (44 BC) [tr. Edinger (1974)] - Cicero, Marcus Tullius | WIST Quotations
Men who want to be feared must necessarily fear the very people who fear them. [Etenim qui se metui volent, a quibus metuentur, eosdem metuant ipsi necesse est.] (Source (Latin)). Alternate translations: For those who desire to have others be afraid of them, must needs be afraid of those others…
