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.
AUGUSTUSYoung men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
More Augustus Quotes
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I am a man of my word.
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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Practice, the master of all things.
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Make haste cautiously.
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
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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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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.
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