Quoting%20commentary for Avodah Zarah 19:15

א"ל מצערין לי חשובי [רומאי] מעייל ליה לגינא כל יומא עקר ליה פוגלא ממשרא קמיה אמר ש"מ הכי קאמר לי את קטול חד חד מינייהו ולא תתגרה בהו בכולהו

[On another occasion] Antoninus mentioned to him that some prominent Romans were annoying him. Rabbi took him into the garden. Every day picked a radish from the garden. [The Emperor to himself] this is what he is saying to me: Kill them one at a time, but do not attack all of them at once.

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