Nomen patris patriae Tiberius, a populo saepius ingestum repudiavit; neque in acta sua iurari, quamquam censente senatu, permisit, cuncta mortalium incerta, quantoque plus adeptus foret, tanto se magis in lubrico dictitans.
Tiberius rejected the title Father of his Country, though it had been repeatedly pressed upon him by the people: and, disregarding a vote of the senate, refused to allow the taking of an oath to obey his enactments. All human affairs, so ran his comment, were uncertain, and the higher he climbed the more slippery his position.
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