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 found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
More Augustus Quotes
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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Make haste cautiously.
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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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What is done well is done quickly enough.
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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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We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away.
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I came to see a king, not a row of corpses.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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Just as men must give up economic control when their wives share the responsibility for the family’s financial well-being, women must give up exclusive parental control when their husbands assume more responsibility for child care.
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You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
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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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