Greges ovium si magni sunt, quos miliarios faciunt quidam, facilius de summa hominum detrahere possis, quam de minoribus, ut sunt et Attici et mei.
If flocks of sheep are very large (and some people have as many as 1000) you can decrease the number of shepherds more easily than you can in smaller flocks, such as those of Atticus and mine.
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