Oderint dum metuant

The art of governance is learned by studying the history of war.
Oderint dum metuant. ​Let them hate, so long as they fear.

Marcus Aurelius, AD121-180, emperor, Roman Stoic philosopher, the last of the Five Good Emperors and the last of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace and stability for the Roman Empire lasting from 27BC to AD180.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger, 4BC-AD65, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and satirist, raised in Rome, where he was trained in rhetoric and philosophy and was influenced by Plato.

Epictetus, AD50-135, Greek Stoic philosopher, born into slavery, lived in Rome until his banishment, his teachings written down and published by his pupil Arrian in Discourses and Enchiridion.