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Practice, the master of all things.

Augustus

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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Change Greatness Impediment Lying Mindset Ourselves Role Traditional Unconscious Visible
We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.
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Name Ourselves Sand Wash Wave Writing
If I have played my part well, clap your hands, and dismiss me with applause from the stage.
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Hands Myself Part Play Praise Stage
Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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Common Worth Yourself
Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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Alive Farewell Marriage Ourselves Togetherness
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.
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Agriculture City Courage Goodness Grain Mindset Myself People Politician Review
I am a man of my word.
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Man One Liner Promise Word Yourself
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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Authority Friendship Myself Office Position Time
Everyone wants to lead an extraordinary life.
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Extraordinary Leadership Life One Liner
Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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Himself Listening Men Young
Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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Better Boss Command Oneself
Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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Demand Empire Myself
If we could survive without a wife, citizens of Rome, all of us would do without that nuisance.
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Citizenship Survive Wife
Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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Death Life Myself Play Role
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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Citizenship Comfortable Live Management Planning Pleasure Survive Temporary Wife
Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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Conquer Race Roman World

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