I had a good mind to discontinue permanently the supply of grain to the city, reliance on which had discouraged Italian agriculture, but refrained because some politician would be bound one day to revive the dole as a means of ingratiating himself with the people.
AUGUSTUSI had a good mind to discontinue permanently the supply of grain to the city, reliance on which had discouraged Italian agriculture, but refrained because some politician would be bound one day to revive the dole as a means of ingratiating himself with the people.
More Augustus Quotes
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I am a man of my word.
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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance; but since nature has so decreed that we cannot manage comfortably with them, nor live in any way without them, we must plan for our lasting preservation rather than for our temporary pleasure.
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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Practice, the master of all things.
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.
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I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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After this time I surpassed all others in authority, but I had no more power than the others who were also my colleagues in office.
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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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