Better a cautious commander, and not a rash one.
AUGUSTUSThe 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.
More Augustus Quotes
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To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.
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Behold them, conquerors of the world, the toga-clad race of Romans!
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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If you want rainbow, you have to deal with the rain.
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At the age of nineteen, on my own initiative and at my own expense, I raised an army by means of which I restored liberty to the republic, which had been oppressed by the tyranny of a faction. For which service the senate, with complimentary resolutions, enrolled me in its order.
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I’d always thought the world was a wish-granting factory.
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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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Keep our marriage alive, and farewell.
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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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Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young.
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The tales of our exploits will survive as long as the human voice itself.
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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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Only that which is well done is quickly done.
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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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