Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
AUGUSTUSAfter this time I surpassed all others in authority, but I had no more power than the others who were also my colleagues in office.
More Augustus Quotes
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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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Practice, the master of all things.
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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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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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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Make haste cautiously.
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The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind.
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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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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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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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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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