Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
AUGUSTUSI came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
More Augustus Quotes
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Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
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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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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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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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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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Practice, the master of all things.
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I am a man of my word.
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Nothing common can seem worthy of you.
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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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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 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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Quintilius Varus, Give me back my legions!
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Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit.
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